Indonesian Finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (C) accompanied with his counterpart from China Xie Xuren (L) and Kaoru Yosano from Japan during a news conference 12th ASEAN plus three Finance Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali island, May 3, 2009.

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Japanese Finance and Economy Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (R) shake hands before thse bileteral meeting during the 42nd Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, on May 3, 2009.

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Japanese Finance and Economy Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) chats with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (R) before their bileteral meeting during the 42nd Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, on May 3, 2009.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (R) delivers speech before members of the Lower House at the National Diet in Tokyo on April 27, 2009 while Prime Minister Taro Aso looks on.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (R) holds a draft of his speech he delivered before member of the Lower House at the National Diet in Tokyo on April 27, 2009 while Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) looks on.

Japan's Finance Minister Japan Kaoru Yosano (L) shakes hands with Canada's Finance Minister James Flaherty after a group photo after a meeting of the G7 finance ministers and governors at the Treasury Department in Washington, April 24, 2009.

Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) and his aides arrive for a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the Treasury Department in Washington, April 24, 2009.

Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives for a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the Treasury Department in Washington, April 24, 2009.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives at the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009 in Washington.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives to the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009. Finance ministers from the world's top industrial and developing nations were gathering Friday for three days of discussions on ways to revive the ailing global economy.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, right, arrives at the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009. Finance ministers from the world's top industrial and developing nations were gathering Friday for three days of discussions on ways to revive the ailing global economy.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives at the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009. Finance ministers from the world's top industrial and developing nations were gathering Friday for three days of discussions on ways to revive the ailing global economy.

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Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, top, stands with Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, lower left, and German Finance Minister, Peer Steinbrueck, lower right, as they pose for a group photograph during the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting near Horsham, England, Saturday, Mar...

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (C) is pictured next to Director General of the International Dominique Strauss-Kahn, (Far R) French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (Front L) and Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn Hughes (Front R) during a G20 Finance Ministers group photo...

Japan's Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives prior to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel near Horsham, in southern England March 13, 2009.

Japan's Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives prior to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel near Horsham, in southern England March 13, 2009.

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Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano delivers a fiscal policy speech at a plenary session of the lower house of Parliament in Tokyo, Monday, April 27, 2009. Prime Minister Taro Aso listens to him at the background.

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Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano stands before delivering a fiscal policy speech at a plenary session of the lower house of Parliament in Tokyo, Monday, April 27, 2009.

Finance Minister of Japan Kaoru Yosano departs with other delegates after a group photo at a meeting of the G7 finance ministers and governors at the Treasury Department in Washington, April 24, 2009.

Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano makes remarks to the media after a morning round of G-7 talks, which will continue through the weekend as part of the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, in Washington April 24, 2009.

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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano poses during a group photo of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors at the Treasury Department on Friday, April 24, 2009 in Washington.

Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano makes remarks to the media after a morning round of G-7 talks, which will continue through the weekend as part of the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, in Washington April 24, 2009.

Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a news conference at Gatwick Airport in southern England March 14, 2009 after attending the G20 Finance Ministers meeting.

Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a news conference at Gatwick Airport in southern England March 14, 2009 after attending the G20 Finance Ministers meeting.

Japan's Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a news conference at Gatwick Airport in southern England March 14, 2009 after attending the G20 Finance Ministers meeting.