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Japanese TV host Shinsuke Shimada resigns over yakuza links
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1953 records on handling U.S. forces released
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El primer ministro japonés presenta su dimisión
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Number of days served in office of Japan's recent Prime Ministers:
Junichiro Koizumi - 1980
Ryutaro Hashimoto - 932
Keizo Obuchi - 616
Tomiichi Murayama - 561
Naoto Kan - 447 (as of August 28)
Yoshiro Mori - 387
Shinzo Abe - 366
Yasuo Fukuda - 365
Taro Aso - 358
Yukio Hatoyama - 266
Morihiro Hosokawa - 263
Source: Asahi Shinbun
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