Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting
TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after resigning from the House of Councillors to take the blame for manipulating a parliamentary vote. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.
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- 2010/4/02 00:00:00
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