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Ex-farm minister Tamazawa to leave LDP over accounting scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former agriculture minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa, which told the Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 3 that he intends to leave the party to take responsibility for an alleged accounting irregularity involving an LDP chapter he has led.

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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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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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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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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. 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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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. 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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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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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - People attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, watch a hearse carrying Matsuoka's body leave a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Akie Abe (C), the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30 after attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka arrives in hometown for wake

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing the body of deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at a temple in his hometown of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29 for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Wake for ex-farm minister Matsuoka held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Mourners visit a temple in the town of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, to attend a wake for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka taken to his home

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at his home in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Staffers at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry see off a hearse (L) May 29 carrying the body of the deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28 passes in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on May 29 before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake.

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Ex-farm owner arrested for obstructing bird flu inspection

MITO, Japan - Police arrested veterinarian Taiyo Saito, former chairman of IKN Egg Farms Co. operating chicken farms in Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 18 for allegedly colluding with other company veterinarians to obstruct official inspections of chickens for avian flu. Photo shows Saito leaving his home for police questioning the same day.

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Wake for ex-farm minister Matsuoka held in hometown

ASO, Japan - A wake for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, is seen on a special TV screen in the town of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29. (Kyodo)

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Wake for ex-farm minister Matsuoka held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Mourners visit a temple in the town of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, to attend a wake for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28 passes in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on May 29 before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Staffers at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry see off a hearse (L) May 29 carrying the body of the deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28. (Kyodo)

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka arrives in hometown for wake

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing the body of deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at a temple in his hometown of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29 for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28. (Kyodo)

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka taken to his home

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at his home in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - People attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, watch a hearse carrying Matsuoka's body leave a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Akie Abe (C), the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30 after attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Tamazawa to leave LDP over accounting scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former agriculture minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa, which told the Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 3 that he intends to leave the party to take responsibility for an alleged accounting irregularity involving an LDP chapter he has led. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm owner arrested for obstructing bird flu inspection

MITO, Japan - Police arrested veterinarian Taiyo Saito, former chairman of IKN Egg Farms Co. operating chicken farms in Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 18 for allegedly colluding with other company veterinarians to obstruct official inspections of chickens for avian flu. Photo shows Saito leaving his home for police questioning the same day. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. 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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. 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. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Suga on indictment of ex-farm minister Yoshikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2021, after former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was indicted without arrest on a charge of receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office.

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Japan PM Suga on indictment of ex-farm minister Yoshikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2021, after former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was indicted without arrest on a charge of receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office.

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Ex-farm minister's money scandal

Journalists gather around a building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo that houses the office of former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa. Tokyo prosecutors raided his offices in Tokyo and Sapporo in northern Japan over allegations that he received a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from Akita Foods Co., an egg production company, while in office.

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Resignation as lawmaker of scandal-hit ex-farm minister

Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa, seen in this file photo, tendered his resignation as a lawmaker on Dec. 22, 2020. He has been under fire over an allegation of receiving a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg production company in western Japan.