THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 12, 2023 at 18:00 JST
From left: Heizo Takenaka, Toranosuke Katayama, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Mikio Aoki celebrate the passage of bills for postal privatization in 2005. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Mikio Aoki, a former chief Cabinet secretary who was known as the “don of the Upper House” because of his power in the Diet chamber, died on June 11. He was 89. [Read More]
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