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a joke about rice cost a Japan cabinet minister his job

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 1h
Japan's rice crisis: Prices soar, supplies dwindle and a minister resigns
Since last summer rice prices have soared as supplies have fallen short of demand and the government has long paid farmers to cut back on rice acreage, and change to other crops to keep rice prices relatively high.
BBC on MSN · 21h
How a joke about rice cost a Japan cabinet minister his job
When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he hoped to draw laughs. Instead Taku Eto drew outrage - and enough of it to force him to resign.
CNN on MSN · 1d
Japan’s farm minister resigns over rice gaffe, as stubbornly high prices threaten government’s grip on power
An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis.
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Japanese farm minister resigns after saying he never had to buy rice
Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or Farms Taki Eto resigned Wednesday after his comments over the ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Japan to release more rice from stockpiles to tackle shortage and rein in prices
TOKYO >> Japan said on Friday it would release another 300,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile through July ...

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