Former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa said Monday he will step down as a lawmaker after allegedly receiving a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg production company in western Japan.The resignation of Yoshikawa, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, would deal a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government, whose support ratings have been plunging over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.The 70-year-old politician, who served as minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, said through his of…READ FULL ARTICLE
