Yasuo Fukuda Resigns
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who has had dismal approval ratings for a while, has finally decided to call it quits. The scoop from TPR News:
Fukuda said he thought he had laid the groundwork for the next Prime Minister to make progress on the issues he wanted to address, but was unable to completely resolve. He assured the TV audience and press corps that he understood the problems and complaints of the people and strove to do what was best.
So far, the pundits agree that Fukuda had been boxed in by not only the opposition camp, but also the LDP’s coalition partners, who blocked most of his initiatives and showed no sign of making the coming extraordinary Diet session any more friendly than the recent ordinary Diet session or last year’s extraordinary session. For his troubles, Fukuda earned only the disapproval of the citizenry.
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