Anata Ga Sori Ni Natte, Ittai Nippon No Nani Ga Kawaru No (Gentosha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] On June 4, 2010, my husband, Naoto Kan, was elected as the 94th Prime Minister of Japan. The word "prime minister" reminds me of such stately and distinguished men as Shigeru Yoshida and Ichiro Hatoyama, and I cannot shake the feeling that "Is Kan really the right person? But since he ran for the office himself at such a difficult time, he must be prepared to do so. I have no choice but to go with him. His wife, who has been married for 40 years and is closest to him, talks about the human Naoto Kan. The son of a businessman, the prime minister has experience in civic activism and is a non-liberal.

二〇一〇年六月四日、夫・菅直人が第九十四代内閣総理大臣に選ばれた。総理大臣というと吉田茂や鳩山一郎のような風格漂う傑物を思い起こす私にとって、「本当に菅でいいのかしら」という思いが拭えない。しかしこんな大変な時期に自ら立候補してなったのだから、覚悟はできているのだろう。私も共に行くしかない-。結婚生活四十年、最も身近にいる夫人が人間・菅直人を語る。サラリーマンの息子で、市民運動の経験を持ち、かつ非自民出身の総理の知られざる素顔。