TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara told a news conference on Sunday he would resign following criticism for accepting political donations from a foreign national, the latest blow to unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan's troubled government.
Japan Foreign Minister Says To Quit Over Donations
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