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YUJI YAMAMOTO

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2017
Farm minister to use Europe visit next week to pave way for Japan-EU trade deal
Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto plans to visit Europe next week for talks with the European Union's agriculture commissioner, Phil Hogan, to discuss the Japan-EU free trade deal, a source said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2016
Farm minister may face a no-confidence motion Tuesday over TPP gaffes
The Democratic Party is considering submitting a no-confidence motion — possibly Tuesday — against the farm minister who made a series of gaffes related to parliamentary proceedings over whether to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, political sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2016
Ruling coalition gives up trying to pass TPP-ratifying bill after minister's gaffe
After a round of fresh calls for the resignation of the agriculture minister, the coalition decides to throw in the towel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2016
Opposition party members walk out ahead of Diet committee deliberation on TPP
In protest of remarks made by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto on Tuesday suggesting the ruling parties could steamroll approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact through the Diet, lawmakers belonging to the two largest opposition parties walked out before Diet deliberations began on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2016
Opposition up in arms after Cabinet minister suggests TPP could be steamrolled through Diet
Japan's agriculture minister found himself in hot water Wednesday after noting that a state-backed bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement may be steamrolled through the ongoing extraordinary session of the Diet.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2016
Farm chief, Kennedy reaffirm plan to ratify TPP 'at an early date'
Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy have affirmed the readiness of the two countries' governments to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact "at an early date."
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2016
Japan urges Hong Kong to lift ban on food from areas near Fukushima plant
Agricultural minister Yuji Yamamoto said in Hong Kong on Thursday that he has requested the territory to lift a food ban that restricts imports from five Japanese prefectures most affected by a radiation-leak scare following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

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