Japanese farmers urge gov't to protect key items before TPP talks

Japanese farmers urge gov't to protect key items before TPP talks

Akira Banzai, president of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, talks with reporters after meeting with Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari in Tokyo on July 27, 2015. Banzai urged the nation's minister in charge of a 12-country Pacific Rim free trade initiative to protect key farm products ahead of his departure for Hawaii to attend ministerial talks on the trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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