Tuesday, May 02, 2017

#JAPAN: PM Abe Warns Of "Looseness" In Cabinet, Criticizes Post-Disaster Minister's Comments

[world politics news]


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mentioned the "looseness" of his cabinet on Wednesday as he effectively sacked Masahiro Imamura from the post of post-disaster reconstruction minister the same day over his latest gaffe.  Imamaura, speaking in Parliament, had said it was "good"  that the March 2011 quake and tsunami happened in the northern region, rather than in metropolitan Tokyo. He later resigned from the cabinet.

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