Ex-farm minister neglected to report 60 mil. yen in donations

OSAKA, Japan - A political organization affiliated with former farm minister Mineichi Iwanaga (file photo) neglected to report 60 million yen in donations from a religious group in its political funds reports. Iwanaga, a 67-year-old lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as the agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister in 2005 in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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