{
  "id": 15860651,
  "title": "Japan's New Farm Minister Apologizes over Donation Scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/japans-new-farm-minister-apologizes-over-donation-scandal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:41:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102100628/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe on Wednesday apologized over a weekly magazine report about his alleged receipt of a political donation from a public works contractor. \"I instructed relevant officials to promptly investigate the facts and take action to return the money or correct the political funds disclosure report accordingly,\" Takebe told rep...",
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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."
}