Mori refuses to step down

Mori refuses to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is pictured during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 19 at which he rejected calls to step down. Mori, facing plunging public support levels and growing calls from his own ruling coalition to resign, said he wanted to ensure the fiscal 2001 budget gets through the Diet.

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