双语新闻：日本首相辞职，提高执政党选举取胜机率

Japanese PM Resigns to Boost Ruling Party's Chances in Election

日本首相辞职，提高执政党选举取胜机率

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has resigned in a bid to improve his party's chances in upcoming elections following sharp declines in his approval ratings.

日本首相鸠山由纪夫在支持率大幅度下滑后宣布辞职，设法提高他所在党在即将举行的中胜出的机率。

Mr. Hatoyama said Wednesday he failed to keep a campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the Japanese island of Okinawa, where some residents have complained for years about the U.S. military presence.

鸠山由纪夫周三表示，他没有实现竞选的承诺，将美国海军陆战队基地迁离冲绳岛。冲绳岛上的民众常年抱怨驻扎在那里的美军。

He agreed last month to relocate the base within Okinawa under terms of a 2006 deal with Washington signed by a previous Japanese government.

上个月，鸠山由纪夫同意根据华盛顿和上届日本政府在2006年签署的协议，在冲绳重新安置美军基地。

Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan of the ruling Democratic Party emerged Wednesday as a frontrunner to succeed Mr. Hatoyama, the fourth prime minister to resign in four years.

周三，日本执政党民主党成员、财政大臣菅直人成为继任首相的热门人选。鸠山由纪夫是四年来第四位辞职的日本首相。

The party meets Friday to nominate a successor and its choice almost certainly will become the next prime minister as the Democratic Party has a majority in parliament's lower house.

民主党将于周五举行会议，提名首相继任者。由于民主党在国会众议院占多数席位，它提名的人选几乎必然将成为下届首相。