TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto leaves his office at his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. Opposition parties have called for his resignation over a gaffe, leading to the cancellation of a lower house panel vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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