Whether it’s posting pictures of him eating gyudon (beef bowl) between meetings or holding rice balls at campaign stops, Shinjiro Koizumi has worked hard to portray himself as a regular Tokyoite. The son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, he took over the agriculture portfolio two months ago following the resignation of Taku Eto , who sparked outrage by claiming he had never bought rice because he was gifted it by political supporters. Koizumi’s mandate: ease a domestic rice shortage

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