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Yasuo Fukuda, Japan's former prime minister, pauses during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Tuesday, Sep. 02, 2008

Open quoteLongstanding problems appeared one after the other, and I had to face them. Dealing with them worked me to death.Close quote

  • Japanese Prime Minister YASUO FUKUDA
  • on his decision to quit his post last night
Photo: Haruyoshi Yamaguchi / Bloomberg News / Landov | Source: New York Times