Farm minister Ota offers to resign

Farm minister Ota offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 that he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for the tainted-rice scandal.

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