IT WAS Saturday evening and Yukio Hatoyama, wearing a burgundy jacket and a cocky grin, was dancing with his fun-loving wife under the bright lights of a charity fashion-show.

• 在周六晚上的慈善时装秀上，鸠山由纪夫身着勃艮第的西装，挂着趾高气扬的笑容，与他那风趣幽默的夫人共舞。