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Encyclopedia > Mikio Aoki

Mikio Aoki (青木幹雄) is a Japanese politician. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinet of Yoshiro Mori and is currently Secretary-General of the LDP in the House of Councillors. He is a graduate of Waseda University.


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CNNfyi.com (721 words)
Mikio Aoki, right, was named Japan's acting premier after Obuchi suffered a stroke.
Aoki said Monday the government was acting cautiously, waiting to have all the information regarding Obuchi's condition before making details public.
Aoki said Obuchi told him it was important that Japan avoid a power vacuum, and that somebody be in charge of the Mount Usu volcano problem.
Japan Set for Power Struggle (washingtonpost.com) (484 words)
With unusual swiftness, members of Obuchi's political party have concluded that the prime minister is unlikely to resume his work and his cabinet secretary, Mikio Aoki, should not remain as acting premier, according to reports and political observers here.
Aoki, who also is Obuchi's political lieutenant, said today that Obuchi lapsed into a coma at 9:50 p.m.
Aoki said Obuchi had appointed him acting prime minister before he went into a coma.
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