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Abe's
resignation tops list of 10 major domestic news stories in 2007

Wednesday,
December 12, 2007 at 07:10 EST

TOKYO — City news editors of seven
major Japanese newspapers and news agencies on Tuesday chose Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation after the historic defeat of the ruling
Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors election in July as
the top domestic news story of 2007.

At a meeting sponsored by the "Shimbun-no-Shimbun" group of news
organizations, the second top story was the false product-labeling scandal
involving food and confectionery firms such as Meat Hope Co, Fujiya Co and
Senba Kitcho KK. No. 3 were the political funds scandals, No. 4: Arrest of
former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya on bribery charges; No. 5:
Killing of Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito; No. 6: Pension record-keeping
blunders; No. 7: Record-breaking heat waves in the summer; No. 8: Gov't
reversing "relaxed and lighter curriculum" education policy; No. 9: Twelve
people acquitted of election violation charges; No.10: Magnitude 6.9
earthquake in Niigata.

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Nova ~SuperNova

Badsey   (Dec 12 2007 - 07:49)

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Can't
believe it didn't make the list.

Abe's resignation tops list of 10 major
domestic news stories in 2007

RandyJohnson   (Dec 12 2007 - 09:34)

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No. 6: Pension record-keeping
blunders;

Speaking of which, where is coverage of yesterday's
main story that was all over the news last night - that the govt. has
officially lost 1/4 of the 50 million pension records for good?

Abe as No. 1

Beelzebub   (Dec 12 2007 - 10:18)

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I
guess it goes to show that there is still a market for good news.

Abe's resignation tops list of 10 major
domestic news stories in 2007

RandyJohnson   (Dec 12 2007 - 10:35)

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True,
I didn't meet a single person who wasn't happy Abe canned himself.

On the next page...

patthatt   (Dec 12 2007 - 11:32)

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#11
People don`t need to read newspapers anymore to get the news. They can get
it for free on the Internet.

Abe's resignation tops list of 10 major
domestic news stories in 2007

DenshaDeGO   (Dec 12 2007 - 13:18)

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What
about Horiemons arrest? Wasn't that this year?

Abe's resignation tops list of 10 major
domestic news stories in 2007

Poppa   (Dec 12 2007 - 15:03)

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I
thought Horimon was last year.

Wow, that list really is dominated
by LPD scandals, isn't it. No wonder people finally got fed up with
them.

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