Hatoyama was naïve enough to declare publicly his intention of turning the East China Sea into a Chinese-led “Sea of Fraternity.” He also earned the distrust of the United States, Japan’s most important ally, by advocating the relocation outside Japan of a US air base on Okinawa.
鸠山在政治上非常幼稚，甚至公开宣称要把东海变成中国主导下的“兄弟之海”。他同时还主张让美国空军基地撤出冲绳，直接得罪了美国人这个日本最大的盟友。