Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan's New First Lady: I Rode A UFO To Venus (PHOTOS)

Over the weekend, Japan elected a new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, and welcomed a new first lady, his wife, Miyuki. The Hatoyamas should make for an interesting couple-in-chief: he's nicknamed "The Alien" thanks to his unruly head of hair, frozen appearance, and large eyes. And, according to Reuters, Miyuki said she's been to outer space.

"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of premier-in-waiting Yukio Hatoyama, wrote in a book published last year.

"It was a very beautiful place and it was really green."

The account comes from a book Mrs. Hatoyama wrote entitled "Very Strange Things I've Encountered."

Her husband at the time (now ex) advised her that it was probably just a dream. But rest assured, Mrs. Hatoyama writes, the soon-to-be prime minister would be much more understanding: "My current husband has a different way of thinking...[h]e would surely say 'Oh, that's great.'"

Mrs. Hatoyama's other claims to fame include acting, interior designing and writing cookbooks. She's also tried her hand as a personal stylist. See what Miyuki's been spotted in lately:

• • • • • October 26, 2008. At a party campaign in Tokyo.

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Comments

[Swatantra]

03:38 PM on 09/08/2009

She also said:
"'When the sun is up, I always eat it... I tear it off and eat it like this,' she said, gesturing as if clawing at the sky, tearing pieces off the sun and putting them in her mouth. 'That gives me great power,' she said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1210661/My-soul-rode-UFO-Venus--green-Japans-new-prime-ministers-wife.html#ixzz0QXsU76FA

[trust2020]

04:35 PM on 09/05/2009

She also says that from her house she can see Sarah Palin. . .

[rf dude]

09:50 PM on 09/04/2009

Sounds like she's related to Yoko Ono...
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[ChicagoSuz]

02:43 AM on 09/04/2009

I don't even have to go to Venus to know that they have a better healthcare system than we currently do in the US... ;-)

[ignorantwillyharper]

04:08 PM on 09/11/2009

The temperature on Venus is around 900 degrees F. I doubt it's going to be anywhere green.

[Zorigt]

10:15 PM on 09/03/2009

She makes much more sense than Sara Palin, Michele Bachman, Glenn Beck, and Limbaugh. I like her sense of harmless imagination. Now she will get my vote.

[dopamineboy]

08:44 PM on 09/03/2009

Jimi Hendrix sincerely believed he was from Venus. He told someone I know who once worked for him.

[SpritelyWarrior]

05:09 PM on 09/03/2009

She's still more sane than Michele Bachman.

[norkas]

07:54 PM on 09/03/2009

Most of you here are jealous that you did not take this ride. I know most of the Republicans in office have been to different planets and have been interviewed by DR.X.

[StillAmused]

03:22 PM on 09/03/2009

Go 'head... s l ap me around for saying it:

She's also been to Uranus.

[ignorantwillyharper]

04:11 PM on 09/11/2009

They say it's has noxious odors?

[Punkynsnow]

03:22 PM on 09/03/2009

Wow. Wonder what the Japanese press says about this?

[mcthfg]

03:11 PM on 09/03/2009

Nancy Reagan? Is that you?

I hear you're single - wanna date?

[ignorantwillyharper]

04:16 PM on 09/11/2009

Yes, meet me at the Library. I'll be wearing red...that way no one will recognize me!

[HumeSkeptic]

03:06 PM on 09/03/2009

Ha ha ha ha!
I would understand if she dreamt going to a pleasant place riding a cylindrical object.

[Budokan]

03:05 PM on 09/03/2009

Lol, classic. Enjoy the freak show, Japan.

[jinsei]

02:53 PM on 09/03/2009

This is why I don't trust the Ap or Reuters to report anything accurate on Asian culture:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090902a6.html

The writer of this story couldn't even get the simple reason of why Hatoyama is called "alien." Did the writer just make up a reason? It's because his style of politics is "alien" to traditional politics, not because of what he looks like. Jesus Christ the media is sloppy!!!

[babybelle]

02:53 PM on 09/03/2009

If she believes she went to Venus, I have no problem with that.
A lot of people have out of body experiences.
I wish I could go someplace far away.. even if it was just for a few minutes.. just to get away from all this craziness and arguing on planet earth!

[UncleJimbo]

02:42 PM on 09/03/2009

Not A Haiku but how about a Limmerick? Miyuki who once flew to Venus, There met Aliens who'd never seen us, With one little buss..... She grew big as a Bus, Cause the Alien's lips were his Pen!s!