TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...
Korean Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung, right, shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, during their bilateral meeting in Incheon, on Aug. 11, in ...
TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday amid an uproar over his remark that he had never bought a bag of rice, his nation's staple grain, which is in short supply nationally. The ...
TOKYO — Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice" because he got it from supporters as gifts. The resignation ...
U.S. and Japan trade talks hit a rough patch last week with both sides blaming the other for a stalemate over farm exports, a major hurdle in concluding an ambitious 12-nation trade pact. Bilateral ...
Under former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, Japanese agriculture was a target for regulatory reform. There was an especial focus on reforming the organisation of agricultural cooperatives ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...