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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