Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday sacked farm minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark that sparked public outrage amid soaring rice prices, dealing a fresh blow to the already unpopular minority government leader ahead of a parliamentary election.Ishiba picked former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, as the new agriculture chief, bringing in the popular political blue blood and media darling defeated in the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race last year.Eto became the first of Ishiba's Cabinet members to resign. His effective dismissal came as the pri…READ FULL ARTICLE