Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has brushed off calls for his resignation,

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has brushed off calls for his resignation, after the foreign minister stepped down over a funding scandal during the weekend.

Mr. Kan told parliament that he intended to fulfill his duties until elections, which must be held by late 2013.

The opposition, which controls the upper house, wants an early poll and is threatening to block budget bills.

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