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Yasuo Fukuda (File)
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has announced his resignation.
Mr. Fukuda announced his decision at a press conference Monday, after struggling with poor public approval ratings for months.
Mr. Fukuda took office last year after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, abruptly resigned amid a series of corruption scandals.
Mr. Fukuda has struggled to implement his political agenda since then because the opposition Democratic Party controls the powerful upper house of parliament and has blocked a number of his initiatives.
The upper house of parliament passed an unprecedented motion to censure the prime minister in June.
The lower house, dominated by Mr. Fukuda's ruling coalition, rejected the motion.
VOA News
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