Masahiro Imamura, minister in charge of reconstruction of the disaster-hit Tohoku region, resigned Wednesday in the wake of controversial comments about the disaster.
Imamura submitted a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday morning.
Masayoshi Yoshino, a former senior vice environment minister and native of disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture, will replace Imamura.
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