(1)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

OSAKA, Japan - Hajimu Asada (file photo), chairman of Asada Nosan Co., was found to have hanged himself near a poultry house of the company's farm in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8. His wife, Chisako, was also found to have hanged herself. The company's Funai chicken farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, is under fire for a delay in alerting authorities about an outbreak of bird flu.

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