Kawaguchi asks METI to send official to her ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi asked trade minister Takeo Hiranuma on July 16 to dispatch one of his officials to her ministry as part of efforts to do away with scandals involving Japan's official development assistance (ODA). Hiranuma did not specify which official he may send. Government sources said Hajime Furuta (file photo), METI's director general for commerce and distribution policy, has been informally picked to become head of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Cooperation Bureau.

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