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(2)Japan's 2nd mad cow case officially confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kumazawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, wipes respiration from his forehead during a news conference on a second case of mad cow disease in Japan on Nov. 21, 2001.

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U.S. concerned about rice import fall

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher visits the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 26 to hold talks with Hideaki Kumazawa, Japan's vice farm minister for international affairs. Fisher said the United States is concerned about a possible fall in Japan's rice imports from the U.S. following Tokyo's decision to impose rice tariffs starting April 1.

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Vice farm minister Kumazawa to resign over mad cow

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kumazawa (L in file photo), vice minister of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, will resign and be replaced by Yoshiaki Watanabe (R in file photo), director general of the Fisheries Agency, agriculture minister Tsutomu Takebe said on Dec. 25. Kumazawa is apparently resigning over the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan.

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(2)Japan's 2nd mad cow case officially confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kumazawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, wipes respiration from his forehead during a news conference on a second case of mad cow disease in Japan on Nov. 21, 2001.