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Japan PM Takaichi Declines to Replace Farm Minister over Gaffe

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday declined to replace agriculture minister Kazuo Yana over his remarks about road construction funding cuts at municipalities whose leaders supported his rival in the February general election. "I strongly reprimanded him because the remarks were inappropriate," Takaichi told a plenary meeting of the Senate, the up...

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