State minister Fukushiro Nukaga is likely to resign from his Cabinet post today in the wake of allegations he received 15 million yen from KSD, a provider of industrial accident insurance, in 1999 and 2000, political sources said Sunday.
A source close to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Nukaga, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, should resign as soon as possible.
Nukaga has been hit by a barrage of criticism from opposition parties as well as the ruling coalition, which is led by the Liberal Democratic Party, to which he belongs.
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