Finance Ministry wins showdown with Koizumi on JBIC issue

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Harada, a lawyer, who chairs a six-member study group to revise Japan's official development assistance (ODA) policy, holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office after a meeting of the panel on Feb. 17.

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