Finance chief reaches for reins
By MALCOLM FOSTER | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-04 07:55
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Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan is surrounded by reporters on Wednesday as the ruling Democratic Party of Japan scrambled to find a new leader. Shizuo Kambayashi / Associated Press |
TOKYO - Finance Minister Naoto Kan, a straight-talking fiscal conservative, was emerging as Japan's presumed next prime minister on Thursday as support among ruling party members coalesced around him.
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