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Japan finmin Noda to quit, stand for party leader-paper

JAPANESE Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda intends to resign after passage of a crucial bill to fund this year's budget, possibly later this month, and will run in a ruling party leadership race to replace Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the Sankei newspaper reported today.
Other Japanese media also said Noda, a fiscal hawk who favors raising the sales tax to fund bulging social security costs, would announce his intention to run in a Democratic Party leadership race, but they did not mention any plan to resign.
Speaking to reporters today, Noda stopped short of commenting on whether he will run in the leadership race, saying he will fulfill his duty as a member of Kan's cabinet.
Kan, his voter ratings sagging at well below 20 percent, has said he will hand over to his Democratic Party's younger generation but has not specified when, and rivals in his party appear to be growing frustrated.
If Noda or other key cabinet ministers were to resign, that would boost pressure on Kan to keep his promise.

 

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