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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat.

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal.

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Police search Hokkaido meat-processing firm over false labeling

TOKAKOMAI, Japan - Surrounded by reporters and television cameras, detectives from Hokkaido prefectural police enter the premises of Meat Hope Co. in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to search for evidence after the Hokkaido-based meat-processing company was found to have falsely labeled meat products.

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Ground meat mixed with pork, chicken sold as ground beef

SAPPORO, Japan - Frozen croquettes made from ''ground beef'' supplied by Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Hokkaido, were found to have been mixed with pork and chicken. Some of the ''beef croquettes'' (as labeled in the photo) were found to contain only pork, according to DNA tests conducted by frozen food maker Katokichi Co. and the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union. Police searched the premises of Meat Hope on June 24 on suspicion of violating the unfair competition prevention law.

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error. (Kyodo)

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Police search Hokkaido meat-processing firm over false labeling

TOKAKOMAI, Japan - Surrounded by reporters and television cameras, detectives from Hokkaido prefectural police enter the premises of Meat Hope Co. in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to search for evidence after the Hokkaido-based meat-processing company was found to have falsely labeled meat products. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat. (Kyodo)

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Ground meat mixed with pork, chicken sold as ground beef

SAPPORO, Japan - Frozen croquettes made from ''ground beef'' supplied by Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Hokkaido, were found to have been mixed with pork and chicken. Some of the ''beef croquettes'' (as labeled in the photo) were found to contain only pork, according to DNA tests conducted by frozen food maker Katokichi Co. and the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union. Police searched the premises of Meat Hope on June 24 on suspicion of violating the unfair competition prevention law. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Meat Hope president indicted over false meat labeling

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Minoru Tanaka, former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packer based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Tanaka was indicted by the Hokkaido District Public Prosecutors Office on Nov. 24 over false labeling of meat products. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, leaves his home in the city after being arrested by the Hokkaido prefectural police for allegedly falsely labeling minced meat containing pork and chicken as 100 percent beef. (Kyodo)