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Editorial: As Japan PM's Cabinet ministers fall like dominoes, so too does public trust - The Mainichi
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Internal affairs minister in hot seat over new political fund scandal - The Mainichi
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Justice minister’s death row gaffe marks another blow for Kishida: The minister made remarks widely interpreted as making light of his responsibility to ...
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Justice minister’s death row gaffe marks another blow for Kishida
Quick Glance: Demeaning death row inmates: Japan's Justice Minister Resigns Following Executions Statements
  • Yasuhiro Hanashi complained about his work as justice minister in front of colleagues and made light of execution orders.

  • It is the second resignation of a cabinet member in less than a month for Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi resigned over dubious statements on the implementation of the death sentence.

  • In October, the Japanese authorities ordered an investigation into the cult.

  • Human rights organizations have criticized Japan's use of the death sentence.
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Japan minister admits supporters violated political funds law: Internal affairs minister Minoru Terada has acknowledged that one of his support groups submitted ...
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Japan minister admits supporters violated political funds law
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Editorial: 2 money scandals again call Japan PM's responsibility into question - The Mainichi
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