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Japan’s ‘Drunk’ Finance Chief, Shoichi Nakagawa, Steps Down
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Japan appoints new finance minister after G-7 row
A new finance minister was appointed in Japan on Tuesday, immediately after his predecessor resigned following complaints of his erratic behavior.
Japanese finance minister denies being drunk
Japan’s main opposition party will introduce a motion Tuesday to censure that country’s finance minister after he appeared to be intoxicated at a weekend news conference at the G-7 meeting in Rome, the Kyodo News agency reported.