Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (L on the front row) posing for a commemorative photo after assuming her post in a Cabinet reshuffle. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over a political funds scandal.

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