Yamagata
(2002 est. pop. 1.2 million). Yamagata Prefecture is situated in the northeast of Japan's island of Honshu. Covering 9,326 square kilometers, its primary geographical features are the ...
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A farmers' mutual aid association in Yamagata Prefecture linked
to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo has
received 1.15 million yen from the state illegally, Endo admi...
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An election office headed by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister Takehiko Endo accepted a 50,000 yen political donation in
September 2005 from a livestock dealers' group in Yamagata ...
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An election office headed by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister Takehiko Endo accepted a 50,000 yen political donation in
September 2005 ...
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo
apologized Friday over the receipt of a 50,000 yen donation from a
livestock dealers' group in...
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SECRETARY)
New farm minister Takehiko Endo admitted Saturday a farmers'
mutual aid association headed by him has received...
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A construction company in northeastern Japan has successfully
turned a plot of land measuring about three hectares into a
celebrated locale with ostriches as its centerpiece.
Yasuo Nakazat...
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CASES)
New farm minister Takehiko Endo admitted Saturday a farmers'
mutual aid association headed by him has received 1.15 ...
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The following is a list of major attacks on politicians in Japan
since World War II.
Oct. 12, 1960 -- Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan
Socialist Party, stabbed to death by a right-wi...
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An 81-year-old woman was fatally stabbed at her home in
Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Wednesday evening, and the police
arre...
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Yamagata
Organization linked to farm minister Endo got state money illegally
