Nakagawa under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 16 about what appeared to be drunken behavior at a press conference after a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven economic powers in Rome through Feb. 14. Nakagawa said he had taken too much cold medicine.

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