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Politics of the potato front and center for Japan’s new agriculture minister

Arata Takebe's Hokkaido constituents might oppose a push to increase potato imports from the U.S.

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Arata Takebe's Hokkaido constituents might oppose a push to increase potato imports from the U.S.

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