{
  "id": 13368117,
  "title": "Japan PM Takaichi Reiterates Intention to Retain Scandal-Hit Agriculture Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/japan-pm-takaichi-reiterates-intention-to-retain-scandal-hit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T07:49:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20261010-353241/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated her intention on Friday to not dismiss Kazuo Yana, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries minister. Yana is in a scandal over his remarks that he cut road budgets for local governments whose leaders did not support him in the House of Representatives election.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}