Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, and key figure in Junichiro Koizumi's administration, played a significant role in Japan's structural reforms, including labor market deregulation. As Minister
Heizō Takenaka in 2008
Takenaka at the 2009 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Kaoru Yosano was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the House of Representatives, serving his ninth term in the Low
Heizō Takenaka
…of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy In office 26 April 2001 – 31 October 2005 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Preceded by Tarō Asō Succeeded by Kaoru Yosano Minister of State for Financial Services In office 30 October 2002 – 27 September 2004 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Preceded by Hakuo Yanagisawa…
Official portrait, 1998
Yosano meeting with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner in 2009