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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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Farm ministers end WTO talks in Australia

GOLD COAST, Australia - (From L to R) Japanese farm minister Mineichi Iwanaga, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Canadian farm minister Andy Mitchell, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Mariann Fischer Boel, and Australian farm minister Peter McGauran chat after ending their talks on a multilateral trade agreement in Australia's Gold Coast on Aug. 21.

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Mineichi Iwanaga picked as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Mineichi Iwanaga, who was picked as farm minister by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi following the dismissal of Yoshinobu Shimamura from the post, speaks during a news conference at his ministry on Aug. 11. Shimamura was dismissed for opposing the dissolution of the House of Representatives after Koizumi's postal privatization bills failed to clear the Diet.

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Koizumi picks Iwanaga to succeed sacked farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Mineichi Iwanaga, senior vice farm minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 11 after being chosen by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister.

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Mineichi Iwanaga picked as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Mineichi Iwanaga, who was picked as farm minister by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi following the dismissal of Yoshinobu Shimamura from the post, speaks during a news conference at his ministry on Aug. 11. Shimamura was dismissed for opposing the dissolution of the House of Representatives after Koizumi's postal privatization bills failed to clear the Diet. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi picks Iwanaga to succeed sacked farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Mineichi Iwanaga, senior vice farm minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 11 after being chosen by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministers end WTO talks in Australia

GOLD COAST, Australia - (From L to R) Japanese farm minister Mineichi Iwanaga, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Canadian farm minister Andy Mitchell, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Mariann Fischer Boel, and Australian farm minister Peter McGauran chat after ending their talks on a multilateral trade agreement in Australia's Gold Coast on Aug. 21. (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)