Japanese trade minister resigns over gaffe

  • 13 years ago
The Japanese Prime Minister's new government has suffered a blow after just eight days in office. As Yoshihiko Noda visited tsunami and quake-hit zones, news broke that his trade minister, Yoshio Hachiro, had resigned. This after Hachiro reportedly joked with a journalist about radiation from the devastated Fukushima plant. http://www.euronews.net/