Japan's Prime Minster Shinzo Abe attends a luncheon at the Council on Foreign Relations in the Manhattan borough of New York September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Japanese cabinet ministers resigned on Monday over the dubious use of political funds, dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his biggest setback since he took office in December 2012.
The resignations of the two women, including the high-profile trade and industry minister, could complicate tough decisions on key policies, including whether to go ahead with an unpopular plan to raise the sales tax and planned restarts of nuclear reactors shut down after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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