Finance Minister Mitsuzuka resigns

Finance Minister Mitsuzuka resigns

Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka bids farewell Jan. 28 as he leaves the Finance Ministry after he resigned to take the blame for a bribery scandal involving two ministry financial inspectors. Hashimoto, who accepted Mitsuzuka's resignation, will hold the post of finance minister concurrently until his successor is named early next week.

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