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Drunken Japanese Finance Minister Steps Down

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:18 139 Comments

Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, facing sharp criticism after he appeared drunk during a televised news conference, will step down.
Nakagawa denied being drunk and said he had mixed cold medicine with alcohol. “My conduct at the press conference was the result of medicine and some wine. I apologize for it,” he said in issuing [...]

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