Japanese minister quits over scandal
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Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari resigned abruptly yesterday to take responsibility for a political funding scandal that has rocked the government, but denied having taken bribes.
The resignation of Amari, who has spear-headed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe鈥檚 economic policies, could pose a setback to the administration鈥檚 鈥淎benomics鈥 growth plan aimed at driving Japan out of deflation, analysts said.
But the government moved swiftly to contain the fallout by appointing Nobuteru Ishihara, a former minister and secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as his replacement.
In a live TV news conference, Amari acknowledged taking money from a construction company executive but said he told his aides to correctly record the funds as a political donation.
While asserting his legal innocence, Amari said he was stepping down to prevent the scandal from being a distraction to the Abe administration鈥檚 drive to pull the country out of deflation.
鈥淛apan is finally emerging from deflation,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e need to pass legislation through parliament for steps to beat deflation and create a strong economy as soon as possible.鈥
鈥淎nything that hampers this must be eliminated, and I鈥檓 no exception. I, therefore, would like to resign as minister to take responsibility鈥 for what he said his aides had done.
Part of the money has gone missing because of mishaps by his secretaries, he said, but two of them have resigned and he must take responsibility as their supervisor.
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