An opinion piece by Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama that was originally published in the September edition of the Japanese monthly journal Voice has triggered controversy in the United States for appearing to have an antiglobalization bent.
In the piece, part of which was published on The New York Times' Web site and by other newspapers, Hatoyama in part said he feels "that as a result of the failure of the Iraq war and the financial crisis, the era of the U.S.-led globalism is coming to an end and that we are moving away from a unipolar world led by the U.S. toward an era of multipolarity.''
Following is the full text of an official English-language copy of the opinion piece titled "My Political Philosophy," made available to Kyodo News recently: