Japanese agriculture minister announced

Akagi, formerly a deputy defense agency chief and agriculture ministry
bureaucrat, will replace Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who hanged himself in the
beginning of this week.

A graduate of the University of Tokyo’s Law
Faculty, Akagi belongs to the governing Liberal Democratic Party’s faction led
by former foreign minister Masahiko Komura. Akagi is a grandson of Munenori
Akagi, who has served as agriculture and forestry minister six times since
1957.

Illicit donations
His predecessor Matsuoka had been
accused of receiving illicit political donations from contractors with a
government-affiliated organisation. Matsuoka killed himself only hours before he
was to face further questioning.

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