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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.
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