Planning firm for postal privatization selects president, directors

Planning firm for postal privatization selects president, directors

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka addresses an inaugural meeting of a company to prepare for Japan's postal privatization in 2007 held at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 20. The meeting chose former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa as its president. Takenaka said, ''Postal privatization will have the historic meaning of creating Japan's new market economy for the 21st century.''

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