Japan: Prime Minister Naoto Kan Resigns

First Steve Jobs, now this? Kyodo News reports that Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has resigned. This resignation, too, was expected: Kan first indicated he would step down three months ago, not long after the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear contamination crisis.

In his final months, Kan articulated a vision for a nuclear-free Japan that struck a popular chord with a nation reeling from the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its still-unfolding consequences. What becomes of that no-more-nukes vision depends in part on who succeeds him. That person will be Japan's sixth PM in five years.

The Democratic Party of Japan's election for a new party president, who then becomes prime minister, is expected to take place Monday.

Japan: Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigns

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-	{{Delete|Fanon}}The Minister of Discovery was a Covenant [[Prophet]] who is the narrator in the [[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]] short story [[Wages of Sin]] (which is the only story found in the separate Volume II version and not the original full version). He is stationed on [[High Charity]] and watches slowly as the city is consumed by [[Flood]]. There, he assumes responsibility for releasing the Flood as part of his own actions, and confesses on the falsehood of the Covenant religion. In the end of the story, he flings open the doors to his chamber and lets the parasite devour him, commenting "It is finished. I am finished".	+	The Minister of Discovery was a Covenant [[Prophet]] who is the narrator in the [[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]] short story [[Wages of Sin]] (which is the only story found in the separate Volume II version and not the original full version). He is stationed on [[High Charity]] and watches slowly as the city is consumed by [[Flood]]. There, he assumes responsibility for releasing the Flood as part of his own actions, and confesses on the falsehood of the Covenant religion. In the end of the story, he flings open the doors to his chamber and lets the parasite devour him, commenting "It is finished. I am finished".

Minister of Discovery

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