Japan supports U.S. candidate for World Bank head

Japan supports U.S. candidate for World Bank head

TOKYO, Japan - Jim Yong Kim (L), U.S. candidate for next World Bank president, and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 1, 2012. After the meeting, Azumi said Japan will support Kim to become the next World Bank head despite growing calls for the multilateral development aid agency to be led by someone from the developing world.

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