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New economic panel eyes full recovery

TOKYO, Japan - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a new economic panel headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, holds its first meeting on Jan. 6, the day major government administrative reforms aimed at exerting political leadership over economic policy-making came into force to bring about an early economic recovery and to restore the state's long-term financial health. The photo shows the blue-ribbon panel's members from the private sector (clockwise) - Masaaki Homma, a professor at Osaka University, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, and Ushio Inc. Chairman Jiro Oshio.