For example, Yoshito Sengoku, Minister of State for Government Revitalization, was once a member of Shaseidou, a left-wing youth group that is reflexively anti-American, as was Hirotaka Akamatsu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. As a result, Hatoyama’s administration seems to be trying to emulate South Korea’s former Roh Moo-hyun administration, which foolishly sought to distance that country from its main defensive partner, the US.