Maehara announces resignation

Maehara announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara announces his resignation in a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 6, 2011. Maehara said he was resigning over his receipt of an illegal donation from a South Korean resident of Japan.

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