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Ex-Japan farm minister Yoshikawa indicted for bribery without arrest Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was indicted without arrest Friday on a charge of receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office, prosecutors said. Yoshikawa, 70, received a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from a former representative of Akita Foods Co. on three occasions between November 2018 and August 2019, when he was agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister, although he was aware of the company head s intention to seek favors, according to the indictment. Takamori Yoshikawa. (Kyodo) The scandal involving the former minister, who served under Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga s predecessor Shinzo Abe, is expected to take a toll on the current Cabinet, which has seen falling approval ratings amid increasing public dissatisfaction with its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tomoko tamuraKatsuyuki kawaiKatsunobu katoYoshihide sugaYoshiki akitaShinzo abeJun azumiTakamori yoshikawaJapanese communist partyConstitutional democratic party of japanAkita foods coDemocratic partyFormer japaneseAkita foodsPrime minister yoshihide sugaHiroshima prefecture