Japan Hatoyama Resıgns

epa02183550 Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ( C ) looks down as he leaves his official residence in Tokyo , Japan , 02 June 2010 . Hatoyama announced at a general assembly of his Democratic Party of Japan ( DPJ ) that he would step down as premier . Hatoyama is to resign because of his own political funding scandalthe departure of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) , a junior coalition partner , over the issue of the US military presence on Okinawa , the premier said . He also declared he will not run in the next election of the House of Representatives .  EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON