Minister resigns over election loss
From Times Wire Reports
Japan’s agriculture minister, who has been dogged by scandal, stepped down today to take responsibility for the ruling party’s Sunday election defeat.
“There is no doubt about the cause of the ruling party’s election loss. I feel very sorry,” Norihiko Akagi said.
Akagi had been hit by an accounting scandal widely viewed as one reason the ruling Liberal Democrats suffered a devastating defeat.
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