JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AND FINANCE MINISTER SHIOKAWA ATTENDS LOWER
HOUSE PARLIMENTARY SESSION IN TOKYO.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Masajuro
Shiokawa liten to opposition's questions during a Lower House session of
parliament in Tokyo October 30, 2002. Shiokawa said on Wednesday the Bank of
Japan's decision to ease monetary policy earlier in the day was in the
lockstep with the government's policy direction. REUTERS/Haruyoshi Yamaguchi