Nagano Gov. Tanaka's top aide to resign over dam policy

NAGANO, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka (front), governor of Nagano Prefecture, listens to questions posed by a Nagano prefectural assembly member at an assembly session on March 5, while his top aide, Yoshitaka Sugihara, looks at him in the background. Sugihara reportedly plans to resign later this month over a disagreement with the governor over his initiative to suspend the prefecture's future dam construction.