The chief of Japan's most influential business lobby called Wednesday for an early establishment of a new responsible administration, following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's announcement to resign.
"I want (the ruling parties) to quickly establish a new administration capable of securing confidence at home and abroad by maintaining solidarity," Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), said.
"I think it was a painful decision (for Hatoyama), as he has devoted all his energy into creating a new Japan," he said.