26 April 2001, 10:30  Shiokawa to be Japan's finance minister, says report

Tokyo, April 26 (Bridge News) - Kyodo News, a Japanese agency, reported that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will appoint Liberal Democratic Party lower house legislator Masajuro Shiokawa as finance minister. If true, the key Cabinet post would be given to the most senior legislator in the second largest faction of the LDP, suggesting that the old boys' network still rules Japan's most powerful political party.

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