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Farm minister Ota offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 that he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for the tainted-rice scandal.

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Farm minister Ota offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 that he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for the tainted-rice scandal.

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Agriculture minister Ota resigns over tainted-rice scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota receives a bouquet from employees at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after he resigned Sept. 19 over the sale of tainted imported rice that had been bought from the ministry.

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Mikasa Foods sold tainted rice to around 370 firms

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks about his ministry's responsibility for the issue of the distribution of tainted rice at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 16.

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Japan to return inedible foreign rice to exporting nations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks during a news conference at his ministry on Sept. 12. He said the government will return imported rice to exporting countries if it is found to be tainted and inedible as part of preventive measures against distribution of such rice in the Japanese market.

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Support group for farm minister registers aide's home as office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 26 about reports his political group registered his secretary's home as its office.

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Support group for farm minister registers aide's home as office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 26 about reports his political group registered his secretary's home as its office.

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Former cabinet minister Ota loses in election

FUKUOKA, Japan - Seiichi Ota, a former cabinet minister, is surrounded by reporters at his election office in Fukuoka on Nov. 10 after losing in the general election for the House of Representatives. Ota was reprimanded in June by his Liberal Democratic Party after making remarks suggesting that gang rape could be tolerated because it ''shows'' the rapists are ''virile'' and ''close to normal.''

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LDP reprimands Ota for calling gang rapists 'virile'

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Ota, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is surrounded by reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on June 27 after being reprimanded by LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki for suggesting gang rape could be tolerated because it ''shows'' rapists are ''virile'' and ''close to normal.''

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Agriculture minister Ota visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota (3rd R) emerges from Yasukuni Shrine after paying a visit to the Shinto shrine dedicated to the war-dead on Aug. 15, the 63rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Support group for farm minister registers aide's home as office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 26 about reports his political group registered his secretary's home as its office. (Kyodo)

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Support group for farm minister registers aide's home as office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 26 about reports his political group registered his secretary's home as its office. (Kyodo)

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Japan to return inedible foreign rice to exporting nations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks during a news conference at his ministry on Sept. 12. He said the government will return imported rice to exporting countries if it is found to be tainted and inedible as part of preventive measures against distribution of such rice in the Japanese market. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister Ota offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. that he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for the tainted-rice scandal. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister Ota offers to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 that he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda for the tainted-rice scandal. (Kyodo)

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Agriculture minister Ota resigns over tainted-rice scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota receives a bouquet from employees at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after he resigned Sept. 19 over the sale of tainted imported rice that had been bought from the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Former cabinet minister Ota loses in election

FUKUOKA, Japan - Seiichi Ota, a former cabinet minister, is surrounded by reporters at his election office in Fukuoka on Nov. 10 after losing in the general election for the House of Representatives. Ota was reprimanded in June by his Liberal Democratic Party after making remarks suggesting that gang rape could be tolerated because it ''shows'' the rapists are ''virile'' and ''close to normal.'' (Kyodo)

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Mikasa Foods sold tainted rice to around 370 firms

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota speaks about his ministry's responsibility for the issue of the distribution of tainted rice at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 16. (Kyodo)

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LDP reprimands Ota for calling gang rapists 'virile'

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Ota, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is surrounded by reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on June 27 after being reprimanded by LDP Secretary General Taku Yamasaki for suggesting gang rape could be tolerated because it ''shows'' rapists are ''virile'' and ''close to normal.'' (Kyodo)