Japan defense minister quits over A-bomb remark
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Japan's defense minister resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe quickly tapped a woman for the post to try to quell the furor ahead of an election this month.
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defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has resigned, Russia's new prime minister said on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin considered his proposed cabinet lineup.
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Deputy leader of the Commons Nigel Griffiths quits over plans to renew the UK's nuclear weapon system.
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Defence minister resigns after suggesting bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was inevitable.
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Government's controversial defence export services organisation is to be disbanded.
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Japan&#39;s defense minister apologized again  on Tuesday for remarks appearing to accept the 1945 U.S. atomic  bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but opposition parties --  keen to woo voters ahead of this month&#39;s election -- insisted  that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fire the gaffe-prone politician.
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party admits his father worked for Japan's military, and resigns.
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TEHRAN - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, a relative moderate who struggled fiercely against the uncompromising agenda of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has resigned his high-profile post, government officials announced yesterday.
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As his defense minister resigns over his comments on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of creating a more muscular Japan looks lost
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Ruling Uri Party chairman Shin Ki-nam made his resignation official in a press briefing following an emergency party meeting earlier in the day.
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to discuss Seoul&#39;s undeclared atomic research and to launch his campaign for a new term at the agency. Agency (IAEA) departs for Tokyo on Wednesday, an IAEA spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation at a Wednesday news conference.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to reprimand his defense minister over a gaffe on Monday, as his cabinet's support rates slid below the critical 30 percent level in a poll weeks before an upper house election.
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Japan's defense minister resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling camp ahead of a national election this month.
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Japanâs embattled defense minister resigned over his comments suggesting the 1945 atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable.
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Japan's defense minister apologized on Sunday for comments about the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attacks on the country which outraged survivors and drew criticism from the ruling bloc ahead of a key election in late July.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned on Wednesday after less than a year in power, falling victim to a string of scandals that hampered his reform agenda and sent his popularity plummeting.