Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hosted a barbecue at his official residence; not expecting to catch the attention of the people, by the choice of his dress. The last thing that Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama could have expected was a withering critique of his fashion sense. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wore a multi-colored, throwback to the 1980s fashion The Prime Minister’s red, yellow, green, purple and blue-checked plaid shirt.

Critics verbalized that “This shirt comes from the ’80s or ’90s. His ideas and philosophy are old. Japan is facing a crisis and we can’t overcome it with a prime minister like this. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama earnest effort to talk to ordinary citizens didn’t grab the attention but his choice of clothing did.