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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba offered to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba offered to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to convey his decision to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to convey his decision to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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(2)LDP wins in two by-elections, beating DPJ rivals

SENDAI, Japan - Liberal democratic Party candidate Kenya Akiba is congratulated by supporters as he becomes sure of his win in the House of Representatives by-election in Miyagi constituency on April 24.

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2 Cabinet members visit war-linked Yasukuni shrine, PM sends offering

Two Cabinet ministers visited Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Monday, the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chose to send a ritual offering to the shrine seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. The visits by hawkish economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, both handpicked for their posts by Kishida last week, marked the third straight year that Cabinet members have visited the Shinto shrine on Aug. 15.

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba visits Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, on Aug. 15, 2022, the 77th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

Japan's new Reconstruction Minister Kenya Akiba (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet. Kishida can be seen in the center. (Pool photo)

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(2)LDP wins in two by-elections, beating DPJ rivals

SENDAI, Japan - Liberal democratic Party candidate Kenya Akiba is congratulated by supporters as he becomes sure of his win in the House of Representatives by-election in Miyagi constituency on April 24. (Kyodo)