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Offline Chris

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Former Japan finance minister found dead
« on: October 04, 2009, 08:51:47 AM »
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned his key post after being forced to deny he was drunk at a G7 news conference in February, has died, Tokyo police said on Sunday.

The possibility of suicide is low, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing the police, adding he had been taking sleeping pills. No external injuries were found on his body and a will has not been found, a police spokeswoman said.

The furor surrounding Nakagawa's resignation was a major embarrassment to ex-Prime Minister Taro Aso, whose Liberal Democratic Party was ousted in an August 30 election in which Nakagawa also lost his seat in parliament's lower house.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59302O20091004
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Some things you just don't mix.  Lots of alchohol and strange pills are two of them.
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Re: Former Japan finance minister found dead
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 10:58:21 AM »
I guess he did not get that memo
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Re: Former Japan finance minister found dead
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 11:03:48 AM »
He should have been a democrat.....they have no problem screwing the women and children in your family, stealing your money and sleeping well at night.
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