Japan's Agriculture Minister Hangs Himself

World | May 28, 2007, Monday // 00:00

Japan's Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide hours before he was to face questioning in parliament over a political scandal, Tokyo police reported.

Matsuoka, 62 hanged himself in his apartment, placed in a MPs residential area downtown Tokyo.

The minister lost consciousness and later died in hospital.

His name was recently related to several large-scale financial scandals.

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