Japan's Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, whose job is the focus
of attention in a cabinet reshuffle due later in the day, speaks during a
news conference at his office in Tokyo September 30, 2002. Yanagisawa said
on Monday there was no split in opinion between the Financial Service Agency
and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on how to clean up Japan's banking
sector. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa

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