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Friday, August 1, 2008

Fukuda to Name Ibuki Japan Finance Minister, Asahi, Fuji TV Say

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By Toko Sekiguchi

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will name Bunmei Ibuki finance minister today as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, the Asahi and Fuji television networks reported.

Ibuki would replace Fukushiro Nukaga. Ibuki is currently the Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general. The stations didn't say where they got the information.

To contact the reporter on this story: Toko Sekiguchi in Tokyo at Tsekiguchi3@bloomberg.net; Takashi Hirokawa in Tokyo at hirokawa@bloomberg.net


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