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Japan: Prime Minister Abe Resigns

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 @ 05:17 UTC

by Chris Salzberg

Countries:: Japan
Topics:: Breaking News, Governance, Politics

DeOrio at Trans-Pacific Radio has been one of the first bloggers to write about the breaking news that Japanese Prime Minster Abe Shinzo has decided to resign. On the news that Abe may be replaced by his colleague Aso Taro, DeOrio writes: “If Abe is followed by Aso, more competent, probably, but a complete asshole, it would be an out and out downer.”

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