THE MAINICHI SHIMBUN, THE JAPAN TIMES (Japan)
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TOKYO - Japan's justice minister Keishu Tanaka submitted his resignation Tuesday amid allegations of past links to a Yakuza crime syndicate, reports The Mainichi.
Japan Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told a Cabinet meeting that Tanaka had left his post due to health problems but his resignation comes after a report in the Shukan Shincho weekly magazine alleging close ties to a Yakuza organization.
The magazine said Tanaka had acted as a matchmaker for a senior member of Japan?s third-largest crime syndicate, the Inagawa-kai, nearly 30 years ago. He was also said to have given a speech at a party thrown by a mob boss, reports the Japan Times.
The 74-year-old minister admitted the links but explained that he was not aware of the groom?s Yakuza connections or the nature of the event at the time, saying he had only found out about it later on.
Tanaka also admitted shortly after his appointment that his party branch had accepted a 420,000-yen donation from a company run by a Chinese national. In Japan, accepting funds from foreign nationals is illegal if done so knowingly.
This scandal comes only a month after Noda brought him into the Cabinet in a reshuffle on Oct. 1.
Tanaka is the second minister to resign since Noda assumed office in September 2011.
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