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Yasuo Fukuda Resigns As Japan's Prime Minister

Japan's chronically unpopular prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, suddenly announced his resignation after less than a year in office Monday, throwing the world's second-largest economy into political confusion. Full Article at Free Internet Press

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