Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama returned to his office Wednesday minutes after announcing his resignation and was greeted by hoards of reporters expecting a comment from the once-popular leader.
Turning down requests to speak on camera, Hatoyama snubbed reporters by saying "there's been enough already."
Later in the day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said the prime minister has no intention of holding a farewell news conference, as was the practice of his predecessors.