Komeito leader bushes aside calls for minister's resignation

Komeito leader bushes aside calls for minister's resignation

Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi meets with reporters after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2017, brushing aside growing calls that Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda resign. Kaneda retracted a statement criticized as intended to suppress parliamentary discussions about a controversial bill to criminalize conspiracy to commit terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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