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Politics › Ozawa backs Shirakawa as BOJ leader

Ichiro Ozawa, chief of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, on Sunday indicated his support for acting Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa as… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sun, Apr 06 2008

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