PM Aso tells Finance Minister Nakagawa to stay in post

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa listens to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office on Feb. 16 after meeting with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Nakagawa, who came under criticism for what appeared to be drunken behavior at a press conference Feb. 14 after a Group of Seven meeting in Rome, said the prime minister told him to continue to devote himself to serving as finance minister.

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