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Article: Takeshita Announces Resignation; Japanese Premier Apologizes to Nation For Recruit Scandal
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- The Washington Post
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- April 25, 1989
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Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, his popularity at a record low
as a result of the most pervasive political scandal in postwar
Japanese history, announced his resignation today with an apology to
the Japanese people for having contributed to what he called the
growing "political distrust" among the public.
Takeshita said he will step down as soon as the Diet, Japan's
parliament, approves the current fiscal year's budget, which has been
stalled for weeks by opposition party demands for Takeshita's ouster.
Budget approval could take several more weeks.
"The serious political distrust among the people that was
triggered by the Recruit scandal has caused a crisis of parliamentary
democracy in ...