Posted on 10/04/2009 12:41:18 AM PDT by rdl6989
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police said. The cause of death was not clear and no will was found, police said.
Nakagawa, 56, resigned in February, three days after he appeared intoxicated at the G7 news conference in Rome, Italy. Japan's prime minister quickly appointed Kaoru Yosano, the economics minister, to replace Nakagawa.
Nakagawa's resignation followed an announcement by Japan's main opposition party that it would introduce a motion to censure him.
He had apologized for his behavior, but denied that it was the result of heavy drinking. Nakagawa said he had alcoholic drinks on his flight to Rome and during the G7 luncheon, but that the real culprit was too much medicine taken because he wasn't feeling well, Japan's Kyodo news agency
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Seems like he may have been sick.
Sepaku?
Maybe?
Why can’t our politicians be more like the Japanese.
Ours have no honor?
The cause of death was not clear and no will was found, police said.
I wonder if they mean "will" or suicide note?
“In video of the news conference, Nakagawa responds slowly to reporters questions, slurring his words. At one point, he closes his eyes.”
“Why can’t our politicians be more like the Japanese.”
Yep...
My ideal...You Betcha! ;o)
Loss of respect before the nation is unbearable shame,
democrats wear it as badge of honor.
Obama, a man who does not know ON or GIRI.
ping.
Sepaku? I think so.
If he did he did not follow the traditional form.
I read an earlier article which said there were no marks on the body. .
With the traditional Sepaku there should be one easily discernable mark on the body.
What do you mean? Vince Foster was found dead.
Do they have Obama care over there?
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