U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack delivers a lecture in Tokyo on April 7, 2010. Vilsack said it is necessary to utilize state-of-the-art biotechnologies to help improve the lives of the impoverished in rural areas.

DPJ President Ozawa not to resign despite indictment of secy

DPJ President Ozawa not to resign despite indictment of secy

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters March 24. Ozawa said he will remain in his post after prosecutors indicted his secretary earlier in the day over a fundraising scandal.

DPJ President Ozawa not to resign despite indictment of secy

DPJ President Ozawa not to resign despite indictment of secy

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters March 24. Ozawa said he will remain in his post after prosecutors indicted his secretary earlier in the day over a fundraising scandal. (Kyodo)

DPJ leader Ozawa's secy arrested for getting illegal donations

DPJ leader Ozawa's secy arrested for getting illegal donations

MORIOKA, Japan - Takanori Okubo (in file photo), a state-funded secretary of Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa, was arrested March 3 on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co. as chief accountant of Ozawa's political fund management body. (Kyodo)

U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack delivers a lecture in Tokyo on April 7, 2010. Vilsack said it is necessary to utilize state-of-the-art biotechnologies to help improve the lives of the impoverished in rural areas. (Kyodo)