Topic: Shoichi Nakagawa
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It is common sense worldwide that in pure military terms, nuclear counters nuclear
Ex-minister says Japan should get nukes Apr 20, 2009
My doctor told me I'm suffering from a cold and fatigue
Japan's finance minister to step aside Feb 17, 2009
The world financial and capital markets have fallen into a crisis that could happen only once in 100 years, resulting in a global economic downturn
Japanese lawmakers to take up budgets Jan 05, 2009
The company used proceeds from high-yielding securities to cover losses from high-cost insurance operations
Yamato Life seeks bankruptcy protection Oct 10, 2008
I don't know whether it involves gas or oil. But we have confirmed field digging
Japan protests China's gas development Sep 20, 2005
Shōichi Nakagawa (中川 昭一, Nakagawa Shōichi?, born July 19, 1953) is a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as Minister of Finance until February 17, 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.
Nakagawa was born in Tokyo and attended Azabu High School, graduated from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo in 1978 and entered the Industrial Bank of Japan.
His father, prominent Hokkaidō politician Ichiro Nakagawa, mysteriously committed suicide in a hotel in 1983. Although Shoichi was born in Tokyo and had lived there his whole life, he ran to replace his father and succeeded him. At that time, he had a widely publicized conflict with his father's secretary, Muneo Suzuki, who also ran for a seat in a neighboring district. (Suzuki was forced to resign on corruption charges in 2002.)
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