Here’s how not to signal strength and confidence to the rest of the world: Let your 77-year old finance minister fall ill, go to the hospital, ask to resign, and then reject his request, presumably because there’s nobody who can step into fill his shoes.
Up until late last night, that was the situation with Hirohisa Fujii.
Well, finally prime Minister Hatoyamai is letting him off the hook. According to Kyodo newswire, he will be replaced by his deputy Naoto Kan.
What a fiasco.
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