Ex-farm minister Tamazawa to leave LDP over accounting scandal

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.

Ex-farm minister Tamazawa to leave LDP over accounting scandal

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)

Japan eyes higher food self-sufficiency

Japan eyes higher food self-sufficiency

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa addresses a meeting of government advisers March 9. He presented a plan to boost Japan's self-sufficiency in food to 45% in fiscal 2010 from an estimated 40% in fiscal 1998.

Japan, China sign fishery pact

Japan, China sign fishery pact

BEIJING, China - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa (L) and Chinese Agriculture Minister Chen Yaobang (R) shake hands at a Beijing hotel Feb. 27 after signing an agreement to make a bilateral fisheries pact effective from June. The agreement ends differences between the two countries over zoning that had lingered since a fishery accord was signed in November 1997.

Japan, China start ministerial talks on fisheries

Japan, China start ministerial talks on fisheries

BEIJING, China - Japan and China begin a two-day ministerial meeting in Beijing on Feb. 26 in an attempt to make a breakthrough in a dispute with China over the implementation of a 1997 bilateral fisheries treaty. Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tokuichiro Tamazawa (L) shakes hands with Chinese Agriculture Minister Chen Yaobang (R) prior to their talks.