Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Police stand guard May 28 in front of a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka District where farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide earlier in the day.

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