Instead, after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the fledgling administration of Yukio Hatoyama, the prime minister, lamented the strength of the yen and drew up some ill-defined counter-measures.

• 相反，上星期二的内阁会议后，总理鸠山由纪夫毫无经验的管理，对日元的走强非常难受，而制定了一些不太明智的策略。