Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 7, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi giving an address at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shortly after assuming her post. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over political funds scandal.

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