(1)Gov't panel debates privatization of postal services

(1)Gov't panel debates privatization of postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L), accompanied by his Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka, presides over a meeting of his key policy-setting panel called to discuss privatization of the public postal services, including a plan to put the three main businesses -- mail delivery, postal savings and ''kampo'' life insurance -- independently under a holding company. (Kyodo)

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