Former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa formally quit as a lawmaker on Tuesday following allegations he received 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg farming company in western Japan.Citing health reasons, the 70-year-old member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted his resignation to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima, who accepted it.The allegations against Yoshikawa are expected to hurt public support for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government, whose approval ratings have recently plummeted over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Yoshikawa is suspected o…READ FULL ARTICLE
