TOKYO: (Bernama-Kyodo) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday (May 21) dismissed Agriculture Minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark on rice prices, in a move seen as an effort to quell public anger ahead of a key parliamentary election.
According to Kyodo news agency, Eto had said at a recent fundraising event that he receives so much rice from supporters that he is "not buying any,” a comment widely criticised as insensitive at a time of soaring food prices.
