Politician Resigns Over Nuclear Gaffe
From Times Wire Reports
A senior political appointee in Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi’s newly launched administration tendered his resignation after creating a furor by saying Japan should consider abandoning its decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, Japanese media said. Analysts said Obuchi, now preparing for an extra session of parliament where he hopes to forge ahead with a key economic stimulus plan, hoped to avoid a major embarrassment by getting parliamentary Vice Defense Minister Shingo Nishimura to resign swiftly.
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