May 31, 2010
Former consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima made a farewell visit to the Cabinet Office on Monday to apologize for departing mid-term.
The Social Democratic Party leader was dismissed by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama last Friday over her refusal to sign a government policy document that calls for relocation of the US Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture.
Speaking to officials of the Cabinet Office, Fukushima pledged her continued cooperation to ensure that major policy initiatives on Japan's shrinking birthrate and services for the disabled will be carried out as planned.
Later, she visited the office of the consumer affairs agency, which she had headed, to give a farewell speech.
In a related development, former senior vice transport minister Kiyomi Tsujimoto, an SPD member, also made a farewell visit to officials of the ministry.
Tsujimoto tendered her resignation on Monday after her party decided the day before to leave the ruling coalition.
2010/05/31 19:12(JST)
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