Koizumi postal reform strategist Takahashi suspected of theft

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yoichi Takahashi, a key architect of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's project to privatize postal services, who has been accused of theft. Police allege that Takahashi, a former elite bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry, stole a wallet and a luxury watch at a hot spring facility on March 24. (Kyodo)

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