Japan’s Agriculture Minister, Taku Etō, officially resigned on May 21, 2025, following public remarks he made about receiving ...

Japan's Agriculture Minister, Taku Etō, has resigned following public outrage over his comments about receiving free rice ...

Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never ...

First, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he was not going to fire agriculture minister Taku Eto over a gaffe related to ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the ...

Japan's farm minister resigns after saying he never buys rice, triggering public backlash as prices soar and elections loom.

Japan's former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that he has been appointed as the country's new ...

At a party seminar Sunday in Saga prefecture, Taku Eto said he "never had to buy rice" because his supporters always give him ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned after remarks about rice gifts incited severe criticism amid rising rice prices. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appointed Shinjiro Koizumi, a reform advocate, ...

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism ...