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Japan's trade minister set to resign over scandal: media

Published Sun, Oct 19, 2014 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

IN a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's new trade and industry minister will resign over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, Japanese media said.

Yuko Obuchi, the 40-year-old daughter of a former prime minister, plans to report on her investigation of the questionable funding on Monday and then submit her resignation to Mr Abe, the Nikkei and Sankei newspapers said on Sunday.

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