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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese politician who is a member of Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

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Wakabayashi became the third Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

The , or , is the Cabinet of Japan member in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The current minister is Michihiko Kano.-Role:...

 appointed in Shinzō Abe's

Shinzo Abe

was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September 2006. He was Japan's youngest post–World War II prime minister and the first born after the war. Abe served as prime minister for nearly twelve months, before resigning on 12 September 2007...

 first cabinet after Toshikatsu Matsuoka

Toshikatsu Matsuoka

was a Japanese politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from September 26, 2006 under the Abe cabinet. He committed suicide in 2007 in the middle of a financial scandal.- Biography :...

 killed himself as a result of financial scandal and Matsuoka's successor Norihiko Akagi

Norihiko Akagi

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of Makabe District, Ibaraki and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1983 to 1988...

 resigned due to other financial scandals. He was appointed to the same position again in Abe's first reshuffled cabinet after Takehiko Endo's

Takehiko Endo

is a Japanese politician who is a member of Liberal Democratic Party, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just 8 days after he was appointed to the post...

 resignation.

After Abe's resignation, he worked under Yasuo Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda

was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....

, who appointed Seiichi Ota

Seiichi Ota

is a Japanese politician. As of 2008 he is a member of the House of Representatives currently serving in his eighth term representing Fukuoka's Third District. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Koga faction. Kiyoko Fukuda, who married Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, is...

 his successor.

Resignation

In March 2010 resigned from the Diet

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

 after being accused of pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, whose Diet

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

 seat was next to him, while Aoki was absent from a house plenary vote.

External links

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