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Japan agriculture minister Yanagida holds second press conference over budget-cut remarks
Original: 簗和生
Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yanagida faced a second press conference in the Diet over weekly magazine reports that he suggested road budgets in Tochigi's third district would be cut. He repeatedly declined to answer directly, saying he would 'refrain from responding'. Opposition lawmakers attacked the remarks, calling them a 'big problem if true' and mocking him as a 'nasty minister'. Two municipal heads who had backed him have since seen road budget allocations increased.
Why now: Fresh reports that a minister may have pressured a local road budget have triggered opposition criticism and repeated press conferences.
Kazuo YanagidaJapan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTochigi PrefectureMainichi Shimbun
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