Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa listens during a closing
news conference at the end of the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting in
Ottawa, February 9, 2002. Japan's struggling economy was one of the
topics for the Finance Ministers and central bank governors meeting
that also discussed the state of the global economy and the fight
against terrorist financing, as well as issues related to international
financial stability and development. REUTERS/Jim Young

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