New finance minister assumes post

New finance minister assumes post

New Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga (R) takes over duties at the Finance Ministry on Feb. 2 from Hiroshi Mitsuzuka who stepped down from the post last week to take responsibility for a bribery scandal involving two financial inspectors at the ministry.

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