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  • Controversial former Japanese finance minister found dead

    10/04/2009 12:41:18 AM PDT · by rdl6989 · 11 replies · 958+ views
    CNN ^ | Oct 4, 2009
    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...
  • Japan finance minister steps down

    02/17/2009 4:55:11 AM PST · by Loyalist · 1 replies · 229+ views
    BBC News ^ | February 17, 2009
    Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting. Mr Nakagawa said earlier that he would wait until parliament had approved a supplementary budget to step down. But he brought forward his departure after calls for his immediate exit escalated. .... He has already apologised for his behaviour at last weekend's news conference in Rome but blamed cold remedies for a slurred performance there. He said he had not drunk more than a sip of alcohol before facing the media.