Company rushes to produce Yukio Hatoyama merchandise

TBS TV news reports on how a company is rushing to produce merchandise related to Japan’s soon-to-be Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama:
A company that makes novelty tea mugs featuring a timeline of Japanese prime ministers has begun to produce mugs that include Hatoyama. However, since it isn’t 100% clear how long Hatoyama will take to form a cabinet and assume his office, the company is printing leaving the exact date blank and printing that he took office in the month of September.
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