{
  "id": 14587225,
  "title": "Takaichi Likely to Name Takebe as Japan's New Farm Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/takaichi-likely-to-name-takebe-as-japans-new-farm-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T01:54:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101500352/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to appoint Arata Takebe of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party as Japan's new agriculture minister to replace embattled Kazuo Yana, informed sources said Thursday. Yana resigned Wednesday following a series of scandals, including suspected election law violations. Takebe is a member of the House of Representa...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Takebe says PM Takaichi offered him farm minister position in meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/takebe-says-pm-takaichi-offered-him-farm-minister-position-in-meeting",
        "published": "2026-10-15T03:02:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}