Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system privatization

Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (L), minister of internal affairs and communications, and former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa smile at a question from one of reporters during a press conference on Nov. 11. The government has picked Nishikawa as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system.

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