(4)Koizumi's top aide Fukuda resigns over pension scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Economic, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) and Taro Aso, minister of public management, home affairs, posts and telecommunications, sits side by side during a House of Representatives plenary session on May 7. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi denied earlier in the day that he will replace six ministers, including Nakagawa and Aso, who have failed to pay their national pension premiums.

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