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, attempting to quell the latest furor plaguing the ruling camp ahead of an election this month.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has  told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign,  Japanese media reported on Wednesday.
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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.
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Japan&#39;s defence minister apologised Sunday after sparking outrage over remarks which implied that the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan were the inevitable way to end World War II.
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Japan'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's election -- insisted that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fire the gaffe-prone politician.
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A top aide to Swedish PM Goeran Persson quits after criticism over his response to the Asian tsunami.
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A Pakistani minister being investigated in connection with the death of a Canadian woman resigns.
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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.
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Japanese Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma resigned Tuesday after sparking outrage with remarks seen as justifying the World War II atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.
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A senior Pentagon official resigned yesterday, the Defense Department announced, three weeks after criticizing lawyers who represent terrorism suspects.
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, delivering a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet to try to revive his popularity.
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Japan&#39;s farm minister resigned on Monday  over illegal dealings at a farmers&#39; group he headed, public  broadcaster NHK reported, dealing a fresh blow to Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation at a Wednesday news conference.
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Defence minister resigns after suggesting bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was inevitable.
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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 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign, broadcaster TBS said on Wednesday.