Japanese junior minister resigns over gaffe: media

TOKYO (Reuters) - A junior member of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government resigned on Friday after making a gaffe seen to make light of the burden borne by people on the southern island of Okinawa as a reluctant host to the U.S. military, media said.

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