DPJ demands Masuzoe resign over pension-record blunders

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1. Ozawa demanded that welfare minister Yoichi Masuzoe step down from his Cabinet post to take responsibility for not fulfilling a government pledge to resolve pension record-keeping blunders.

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