Heizo Takenaka served in former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s cabinet and was credited with forcing debt-laden banks to write off 19 trillion yen in bad loans. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
Heizo Takenaka served in former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s cabinet and was credited with forcing debt-laden banks to write off 19 trillion yen in bad loans. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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