Minister denies he was drunk at G7 event
China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-17 07:52
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Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa attends a meeting of the fiscal and financial committee at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo yesterday. Reuters |
Japan's finance minister denied yesterday that he had been drunk at a G7 news conference but the opposition demanded he be fired, piling pressure on unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso ahead of an election this year.
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