Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi leaves a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after speaking about his resignation from the House of Councillors. 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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