TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan does not accept American rice imports, saying, "Rice imports from abroad, including from the U.S., had increased 120 times from a year earlier."
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Japan farm minister refutes Trump claims on rice imports
Shinjiro Koizumi calls president's remarks 'misunderstanding of the facts'
Japan's agriculture minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on July 2. (Photo by Kyoko Tamada)
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