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(2)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (3rd from R) is in talks with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (3rd from L) on reinstating budget spending cuts at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22. Cabinet ministers completed fine-tuning an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005, paving the way for its approval as the government's budget plan at a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 24.

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine en masse

TOKYO, Japan - Led by a Shinto priest, Yoshinobu Shimamura (C), a former agriculture minister, leads a group of lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II. The Shinto shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead.

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Veteran lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawmakers, including former farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (C) and former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Makoto Koga (2nd from L), who heads the Japan War-Bereaved Association, visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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87 parliamentarians visit Yasukuni Shrine in biannual event

TOKYO, Japan - Eighty-seven Japanese parliamentarians, including 10 in government posts, visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its spring festival on April 22 as part of a biannual group event. Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshinobu Shimamura (2nd from L in front) heads the nonpartisan group that promotes Yasukuni visits by parliamentarians.

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Lawmakers form league to preserve male-line imperial succession

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinobu Shimamura (C), a House of Representatives member from the governing Liberal Democratic Party and former farm minister, speaks at a group of Japanese lawmakers which launched a nonpartisan league of parliamentarians on Oct. 17 to push for maintaining Japan's traditional imperial succession rules allowing only males to ascend the throne. Shimamura heads the new group.

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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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Dismissed farm minister Shimamura leaves office

TOKYO, Japan - Dismissed farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura leaves his office in Tokyo on Aug. 9. Shimamura was dismissed as he opposed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's decision to dissolve the lower house after postal privatization bills, the centerpiece of Koizumi's reform drive, failed to clear the Diet the previous day.

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Farm minister Shimamura submits resignation, opposes dissolution

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura speaks with journalists after tendering his from the Cabinet on Aug. 8 in protest at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to dissolve the House of Representatives. The premier later dismissed Shimamura.

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Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura speaks at a press conference following his talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. Shimamura said he and Johanns remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef.

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Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns pose for photos prior to their talks at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. The two ministers remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef, with both sides repeating their positions, Japanese officials said.

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Farm minister meets with Glocer

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) and Tim Groser, a former New Zealand trade envoy who serves as the chief mediator in the agricultural talks at the World Trade Organization, shake hands prior to their talks at a hotel in Dalian on July 12.

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Japan to focus subsidies on productive farmers

TOKYO, Japan - Hironori Yagi (L), chairman of the Council of Food, Agriculture and Rural Area Policies, hands a report containing a 10-year plan on basic agriculture policy to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura on March 9. The policy focused on paying subsidies to productive farmers and raising Japan's food self-sufficiency rate to 45 percent by fiscal 2015.

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Farm minister seeks special treatment for rice under WTO talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) shakes hands with Tim Groser, chairman of a World Trade Organization committee on farm trade talks, at his ministry on Jan. 18. Shimamura urged the chairman to grant special treatment to rice in trade liberalization talks.

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Int'l team of researchers completes rice genome decoding

TOKYO, Japan - An international team of scientists has completed the sequencing of the rice genome, an accomplishment that should lead to the development of new varieties of rice to meet different needs. Researcher Takuji Sasaki (L) hands a CD set containing the research results to Japanese agriculture minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R in front) in Tokyo on Dec. 13.

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(1)Canada calls on Japan to apply same beef trade terms as U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell (L) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura pose for photos before their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Mitchell called on Japan to apply to Canadian beef the same trade terms with U.S. beef once Tokyo and Washington agree on terms resuming imports of U.S. beef.

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(2)Canada calls on Japan to apply same beef trade terms as U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell (2nd from R) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (2nd from L) are in talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Mitchell called on Japan to apply to Canadian beef the same trade terms with U.S. beef once Tokyo and Washington agree on terms resuming imports of U.S. beef.

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Ex-education minister Shimamura named as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former education minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (file photo) is appointed as the new minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries Sept. 27 in the reshuffle of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa announces Feb. 14 he intends to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket, defying his party's decision to field former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi. He is surrounded by reporters after meeting with Yoshinobu Shimamura, head of the party's Tokyo chapter, at LDP headquarters.

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Ex-education minister Shimamura named as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former education minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (file photo) is appointed as the new minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries Sept. 27 in the reshuffle of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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(2)Canada calls on Japan to apply same beef trade terms as U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell (2nd from R) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (2nd from L) are in talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Mitchell called on Japan to apply to Canadian beef the same trade terms with U.S. beef once Tokyo and Washington agree on terms resuming imports of U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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(1)Canada calls on Japan to apply same beef trade terms as U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell (L) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura pose for photos before their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Mitchell called on Japan to apply to Canadian beef the same trade terms with U.S. beef once Tokyo and Washington agree on terms resuming imports of U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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Int'l team of researchers completes rice genome decoding

TOKYO, Japan - An international team of scientists has completed the sequencing of the rice genome, an accomplishment that should lead to the development of new varieties of rice to meet different needs. Researcher Takuji Sasaki (L) hands a CD set containing the research results to Japanese agriculture minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R in front) in Tokyo on Dec. 13.

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(2)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (3rd from R) is in talks with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (3rd from L) on reinstating budget spending cuts at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22. Cabinet ministers completed fine-tuning an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005, paving the way for its approval as the government's budget plan at a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 24. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister seeks special treatment for rice under WTO talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) shakes hands with Tim Groser, chairman of a World Trade Organization committee on farm trade talks, at his ministry on Jan. 18. Shimamura urged the chairman to grant special treatment to rice in trade liberalization talks. (Kyodo)

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Japan to focus subsidies on productive farmers

TOKYO, Japan - Hironori Yagi (L), chairman of the Council of Food, Agriculture and Rural Area Policies, hands a report containing a 10-year plan on basic agriculture policy to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura on March 9. The policy focused on paying subsidies to productive farmers and raising Japan's food self-sufficiency rate to 45 percent by fiscal 2015. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister meets with Glocer

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) and Tim Groser, a former New Zealand trade envoy who serves as the chief mediator in the agricultural talks at the World Trade Organization, shake hands prior to their talks at a hotel in Dalian on July 12. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura speaks at a press conference following his talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. Shimamura said he and Johanns remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister Shimamura submits resignation, opposes dissolution

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura speaks with journalists after tendering his from the Cabinet on Aug. 8 in protest at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to dissolve the House of Representatives. The premier later dismissed Shimamura. (Kyodo)

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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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Lawmakers form league to preserve male-line imperial succession

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinobu Shimamura (C), a House of Representatives member from the governing Liberal Democratic Party and former farm minister, speaks at a group of Japanese lawmakers which launched a nonpartisan league of parliamentarians on Oct. 17 to push for maintaining Japan's traditional imperial succession rules allowing only males to ascend the throne. Shimamura heads the new group. (Kyodo)

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine en masse

TOKYO, Japan - Led by a Shinto priest, Yoshinobu Shimamura (C), a former agriculture minister, leads a group of lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II. The Shinto shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead. (Kyodo)

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87 parliamentarians visit Yasukuni Shrine in biannual event

TOKYO, Japan - Eighty-seven Japanese parliamentarians, including 10 in government posts, visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its spring festival on April 22 as part of a biannual group event. Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshinobu Shimamura (2nd from L in front) heads the nonpartisan group that promotes Yasukuni visits by parliamentarians. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns pose for photos prior to their talks at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. The two ministers remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef, with both sides repeating their positions, Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)

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Dismissed farm minister Shimamura leaves office

TOKYO, Japan - Dismissed farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura leaves his office in Tokyo on Aug. 9. Shimamura was dismissed as he opposed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's decision to dissolve the lower house after postal privatization bills, the centerpiece of Koizumi's reform drive, failed to clear the Diet the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Veteran lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawmakers, including former farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (C) and former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Makoto Koga (2nd from L), who heads the Japan War-Bereaved Association, visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa announces Feb. 14 he intends to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket, defying his party's decision to field former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi. He is surrounded by reporters after meeting with Yoshinobu Shimamura, head of the party's Tokyo chapter, at LDP headquarters.