Japan Farm Group Leader to Resign Next March over Loss

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Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–Toru Yamano, leader of a key body of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group, or JA, has said that he will resign next March to take the blame for a massive loss from an information system development project. Yamano, who heads the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA-Zenchu, made the announcement at a press conference Friday. He cited the expec…

Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–Toru Yamano, leader of a key body of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group, or JA, has said that he will resign next March to take the blame for a massive loss from an information system development project. Yamano, who heads the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA-Zenchu, made the announcement at a press conference Friday. He cited the expec…