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Japan authorities hold 8 tril. yen in Fannie, Freddie debt

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki (standing) speaks at a meeting of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs in Tokyo on Sept. 19. Ibuki admitted that the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan hold a total of about 8 trillion yen ($74.5 billion) in debt issued by recently rescued U.S. mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (L), new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Bunmei Ibuki, LDP's outgoing secretary general, shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed new executives in the LDP ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet.

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Fukuda reshuffles his Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Bunmei Ibuki, who was appointed to his fourth Cabinet post as finance minister in the Cabinet reshuffle, arrives at the prime minister's office on Aug. 1.

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day.

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki responds to questions from reporters about a meeting between Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda and Akihiro Ota, head the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito, at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ibuki said Fukuda has decided to reshuffle his Cabinet later in the day.

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Deliberation on education law revisions resumed

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Bunmei Ibuki answers an opposition question during a debate at a lower house committee on a government-sponsored bill to revise Japan's basic postwar education law on Oct. 30.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former House of Representatives speaker Bunmei Ibuki at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 10, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Deliberation on education law revisions resumed

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Bunmei Ibuki answers an opposition question during a debate at a lower house committee on a government-sponsored bill to revise Japan's basic postwar education law on Oct. 30. (Kyodo)

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Japan authorities hold 8 tril. yen in Fannie, Freddie debt

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki (standing) speaks at a meeting of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs in Tokyo on Sept. 19. Ibuki admitted that the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan hold a total of about 8 trillion yen ($74.5 billion) in debt issued by recently rescued U.S. mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda reshuffles his Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Bunmei Ibuki, who was appointed to his fourth Cabinet post as finance minister in the Cabinet reshuffle, arrives at the prime minister's office on Aug. 1. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (L), new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Bunmei Ibuki, LDP's outgoing secretary general, shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed new executives in the LDP ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki responds to questions from reporters about a meeting between Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda and Akihiro Ota, head the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito, at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ibuki said Fukuda has decided to reshuffle his Cabinet later in the day. (Kyodo)