Agriculture ministry to punish 25 top officials for tainted rice scandal

Saturday 29th November, 08:38 AM JST

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bcbrownboy at 07:25 AM JST - 29th November

‘‘extremely strict’’ What a joke - I propose that strict would be loss of job, and some hefty jail time.
neverknow2 at 07:35 AM JST - 29th November

20% pay cuts for two months

Such harsh punishment. I'm sure they will never do it again!
smithinjapan at 08:47 AM JST - 29th November

'extremely strict'? I think that when the Chinese authorities found out who was behind shipment of tainted products to Japan and in some cases exexuted them, THAT was strict! Way out of line and completely wrong, of course, but my point is that a mere pay cut for a short time is nothing at all by way of punishment. They should be fired for starters, then locked up for a year or two. THAT would be a little strict.
some14some at 09:05 AM JST - 29th November

And i will go a step further than 'extremely strict' measure and discipline myself by never eating Japanese rice and related rice products.
medievaltimes at 09:54 AM JST - 29th November

Extremely strict?!
Lamamanz1 at 10:38 AM JST - 29th November

!!! a big joke ... 'extremely strict, huh!?' maybe the minister thinks it's so strict as he decided to part with 2 months of his own salary!
ptolemy at 12:15 PM JST - 29th November

The punishment will be to stand in Tokyo Station, bow and tearfully apologize and beg "Please do not toss us aside." The real solution is to throw the corrupt LDP out and put the equally corrupt DPJ in its place. Aso was owned in the debate in the Diet yesterday by Ozawa. All Aso could reply to anything was "Nantonaku".
30061015 at 12:20 PM JST - 29th November

"return his pay for two months... the punishment of the officials is "extremely strict."

A neighboring Asian country punishes this kind of corruption with a bullet to the head. Now, THAT would be strict.

Make them eat toxic rice 3 meals a day for two months. That would be fair.
mikihouse at 12:48 PM JST - 29th November

of course..it will be election in few months, why lose some? LDP is a joke but nobody's laughing. Can somebody cure the apathy of Japanese society in general?
gogogo at 01:33 PM JST - 29th November

Where these guys not doing their jobs? I dont understand this
romulus3 at 06:08 PM JST - 29th November

I say bring back the stocks and chamber pots.
NuckinFutz at 01:29 PM JST - 30th November

C'mon people! Can't you see what's happening here? These punishments are negotiated to keep these people from going public and implicating those higher up who directed this massive deception! You can't "strictly" punish someone when you're just as guilty and want them to keep their mouths shut!
soldave at 09:04 AM JST - 1st December

The "extremely strict" punishment is obviously not mentioned in this article.