Former Japan farm minister's bribery scandal

Photo taken July 4, 2020, shows major egg producer Akita Foods Co.'s head office in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama in western Japan. Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa is suspected of receiving several million yen from a former representative of the company in return for favors for the egg farming industry.

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