asahi shimbun says he'll take responsibility for reporting. the articles were based on false accounts. sources say kimura posted notice about his resignation on the paper's in-house website that gave details about changes in management set to be inaugurated early next month. in august they retracted some of its articles published in the '80s and '90s on people referred to as comfort women. some experts voiced concerns about whether they will succeed. >> translator: singapore, a driving force, had high hopes the deal would expand regional trade. but the slow progress of the the talks is creating a sense of crisis. >> if we don't fulfill it this year, it you will be running into the the american presidential elections in two years' time, and i think that further delays of an indefinite nature, and you will lose a lot. >> reporter: experts on economic partnership from southeast asian partnerships on u.s. and japan recently gathered in singapore for a symposium. some participants said the tpp negotiations could fail. >> the impression i get is tha

editors of the asahi shimbun have been under fire since august. they retracted articles on the fukushima nuclear accident and those who are referred to as comfort women after admitting that the reports contained errors. the asahi reports its board of directors agreed on the resignation in connection with the erroneous reports. tad kazoo kimura and other executives will step down on december 5th. in may the asahi ran an exclusive report based on testimony from the former fukushima daiichi plant chief mass a owe yoshida. the report said 45% of the workers defied orders as the crisis was unfolding an fled to a plant ten miles away. the full transcript says yoshida believed going to the other plant was the right thing to do. the editors retracted the story. an external investigative panel concluded this week the report had serious errors. in august the newspaper retracted a series of articles published in the 1980s and '90s. the editors say they came to find out the articles were based on fabricated accounts of a man who said he had forcibly taken kore