Japanese Minister Quits Over Poison Rice Scandal

Evening Standard - London › September 19, 2008

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A CONTAMINATED foods scandal gripping Japan claimed its biggest victim today as the country's agriculture minister resigned humiliating the teetering government.

Seiichi Ota quit seven weeks after taking office as the scandal over rice contaminated with mould and pesticide which was sold as food for thousands of people, including schoolchildren and nursing home patients continued to widen.

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Japanese Minister Quits Over Poison Rice Scandal

His departure is a severe blow to the already weakened government of prime minister Yasuo Fukuda, who ...

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