Japanese Minister Resigns after Fukushima Comments

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Sat Sep-10-11 09:09 AM
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Japanese Minister Resigns after Fukushima Comments

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/09/10/japanese-minister-resigns-after-fukushima-comments/

Posted Saturday, September 10th, 2011 at 9:50 am

Japan's trade minister has resigned after making comments deemed insensitive to people forced from their homes by the nuclear crisis earlier this year at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Yoshio Hachiro announced his resignation Saturday, after calling the area around the crippled facility a “town of death.”

Japanese media reported that after a visit to the plant Thursday, Hachiro also joked that he would infect a reporter with radiation.

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Sat Sep-10-11 09:19 AM
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1. he was only telling the truth

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The Backlash Cometh

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Sat Sep-10-11 10:14 AM
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2. Don't you know? We are not living in a world where truth and honesty

are considered value added.

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