Japan minister to quit over execution remark, PM delays trip


              FILE - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ken Saito leaves the prime minister's official residence for the Imperial Palace to attend the attestation ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, he appointed former Agriculture Minister Saito, a Harvard-educated former trade ministry bureaucrat, as Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi's replacement. Hanashi, who submitted his resignation to Kishida on Friday, was widely criticized over a remark he made about capital punishment. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
            
              Japanese Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi bows at a parliamentary session at the Upper House in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to delay his departure Friday to southeast Asia to attend triple summits, apparently to sack his justice minister over his remark that his job makes news only when he signs executions. (Kyodo News via AP)
            
              Japanese Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi speaks during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo, on Oct. 14, 2022. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to delay his departure Friday to southeast Asia to attend triple summits, apparently to sack his justice minister over his remark that his job makes news only when he signs executions.(Kyodo News via AP)
Japan minister to quit over execution remark, PM delays trip