Prime Minister Noda Delivers Policy Speech
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun Azumi delivers his financial policy speech before a plenary session of the Diets lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Azumi said he would take bold action against the strong Japanese yen if needed after the currency reached a post-World War II high of 75.66 yen against the dollar Thursday. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000yFu2T.7KJG0/t/124/I0000yFu2T.7KJG0.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun Azumi delivers his financial policy speech before a plenary session of the Diets lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Azumi said he would take bold action against the strong Japanese yen if needed after the currency reached a post-World War II high of 75.66 yen against the dollar Thursday. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000I_EYQbgirTI/t/124/I0000I_EYQbgirTI.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, right, is followed by Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba after Noda delivered his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000slrIPraar7Y/t/124/I0000slrIPraar7Y.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun Azumi walks behind Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to deliver his financial policy speech before a plenary session of the Diets lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Azumi said he would take bold action against the strong Japanese yen if needed after the currency reached a post-World War II high of 75.66 yen against the dollar Thursday. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ti7GlaUrzYg/t/124/I0000ti7GlaUrzYg.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japans Finance Minister Jun...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000pcq.rfq28NA/t/124/I0000pcq.rfq28NA.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Hw7K5.VYQlI/t/124/I0000Hw7K5.VYQlI.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000029_xu9GlYSE/t/124/I000029_xu9GlYSE.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000O0ykNC1Y2ds/t/124/I0000O0ykNC1Y2ds.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda raised his hand before delivering his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Noda stressed that the government is doing its utmost to cut costs in a bid to justify the tax burden needed to fund the 12.1 trillion yen disaster reconstruction budget. The prime minister also emphasized that hikes in income, corporate and local residential taxes are temporary and designed to cover what the government can't squeeze out of cost cuts and asset selling. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000K_Zw7RbtTcY/t/124/I0000K_Zw7RbtTcY.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's former Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives for a Diet's lowr hosue plenary session in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000yIGXaxbs958/t/124/I0000yIGXaxbs958.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's former Prime...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, right, a Democratic Party of Japan stalwart, speaks to Hiroshi Nakai, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, during a plenary session of Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. Ozawa has been charged with violation of the political funds control law, to which he pleaded not guilty. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BNRKv8Dk.mQ/t/124/I0000BNRKv8Dk.mQ.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, right, a...
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![October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's former Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama, left, and Naoto Kan await incumbent Premier Yoshihiko Noda delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the Diet's lower house in Tokyo on Friday, October 28, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000G8LqsanST5o/t/124/I0000G8LqsanST5o.jpg)
October 28, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's former Prime...