About Hato Cafe
Yukio Hatoyama was elected Prime Minister of Japan in September 2009. He is the President of the Democratic Party of Japan and represents the ninth district of Hokkaido in the House of Representatives.
He started his Twitter account and blog, “Hato Cafe”, on January 1, 2010. “Hato” means “dove” or “pigeon” in Japanese, and is the first character of his last name.
Translator
I’m a native American English speaker and in 2003-2004 spent a year of high school in Gunma, Japan. At age sixteen I held a JLPT Level 2, but I doubt I could pull that off now.
I haven’t spoken with my Japanese host family in a very long time. I wish I had the guts to find and get back in contact with them because I would love to know how they’re doing.
Contact
If you’d like to get in contact with me about this blog, please use the comment form below, or e-mail bceralvo [at] stanfordalumni [dot] org. If you’d like to help make corrections to any of the translations, you can leave a comment on the corresponding blog post.
