Vice farm minister Kobayashi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kobayashi (L), who has resigned as Japan's vice farm minister, and his successor Toshiro Shirasu attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. Kobayashi had been criticized for not tackling the misuse of farm subsidies by a farmers' association, which forced Takehiko Endo to resign as farm minister on Sept. 4, only a week after he was appointed to the post.

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