Japan PM sings – answers
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- The Japanese Prime Minister is looking to start a singing career. He is re-releasing songs he made earlier in his political career
- His new theme tune is called Take Heart. this is a song first recorded 20 years ago
- He recorded it when he was a singer in the 1980s. it was to mark his election to parliament
- The song was a commercial success. he only made limited copies for his supporters
- The old recording was being sold online for $10. for $370 before re-release
- He won the September election by a small margin. by a landslide (a huge margin)
- The music is embarrassing because he can no longer sing well. he sings better now that’s why he feels the older version is embarrassing
- The Japanese people are not happy about his singing. they are happy, they find it refreshing and he is better than they expected
- The CD is nicknamed ‘The Alien’. Hatoyama is nicknamed ‘the alien’ because of his eyes
- Hatoyama hopes to win Grammy with his CD. this is an ironic reference to President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, maybe Hatoyama will win a Grammy