Japan's quirky would-be first lady - 05 Sep 09

Japan's next prime minister might be nicknamed "The Alien" for his prominent eyes, but it is his wife who claims to have had a close encounter with another world.

"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."

Yukio Hatoyama is due to take office on September 16 following his Democratic Party of Japan's historic election win last week.

Miyuki, 66, described the extraterrestrial experience, which she said took place some 20 years ago, in a book entitled Very Strange Things I've Encountered.

Yukio Hatoyama, 62, is the grandson of a former prime minister.

Miyuki, also known for her culinary skills, spent six years acting in the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theatre group. She met the US-educated Yukio while living in America.

With the nation apparently hungry for change, Japanese people are getting set to welcome a quirky first lady.

Al Jazeera Laura Kyle reports on Japan's flamboyant future first lady.

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