Clever Kan

The very weak Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has found a clever way to stay in office:

During a news conference late Thursday night, Kan indicated he will step down once the government has successfully brought the troubled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 plant to "cold shutdown" status.

TEPCO had previously announced that the plan was to achieve cold shutdown by November, but changed its story within weeks.

The way things are going at Fukushima, Kan might outlast Qaddafi, Obama, Merkel and Sarkozy.