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  JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO RESIGN   
  The Japanese Prime Minister         
  Morihiro Hosokawa is to resign.     
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  He said in a broadcast that the     
  cabinet had accepted his decision.  
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  Allegations over Mr Hosokawa'u      
  financial dealings bjforj hj became 
  prime minister have caused          
  political deadlock.                 
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  He said hj had done nothing wrong   
  but felt responsible for the        
  impasse, which has blocked          
  discussion of the country's budget. 
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