(1)Tanaka quits parliament hoping to stem disillusion

(1)Tanaka quits parliament hoping to stem disillusion

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks to reporters in front of her house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Aug. 9 about her resignation from parliament. Earlier in the day, Tanaka tendered her resignation from the House of Representatives to lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki.

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