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*Japan drops plan to host G-8 farm ministers' meeting by year-end* TOKYO, Nov. 10 KYODO Japan has given up a plan to host a meeting of agricultural ministers from the Group of Eight major nations by the end of the year to discuss steps to assuage rises in global food prices, a senior farm ministry official said Monday. Given the ongoing financial crisis in the world, ''the farm ministers have no time to gather at one place,'' Michio Ide, vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said at a press conference. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]