TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's outspoken banking regulator, Shizuka Kamei, known for his anti-market rhetoric, is proving a serious thorn in the side of new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government just three weeks after it took power.
While Kamei may be an extreme case, Hatoyama's Democratic Party-led government could face similar, if less jarring, headaches as it introduces a new governing style that puts politicians in the driver's seat when it comes to making policy.
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