On Monday Finance Minister, Shoichi Nakagawa attended the press conference in Rome and showed the shameful appearance all over the world. Because of that, he faced the jeopardy where he is required to resign his political career.
This incident is never welcomed by Prime Minister Aso who is a kind of superviser of Mr. Nakagawa. Actually Mr. Aso is also criticized due to Mr. Nakagawa’s misconduct. Mr. Aso faces a politically difficulty due to an extremely low rate and his negative comment against Post business privatization.
正解(?)は、こちらです! 2月17日(火)"Asahi Shimbun" から 「もうろう会見の財務相、進退問題に」の記事です。 Finance minister in fight for his job Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa was fighting for his political life Monday after footage aired around the world showed him slurring and unable to keep his eyes open during a weekend news conference in Rome. Nakagawa's lapse, which he blamed on cough medicine, didn't do much to help his embattled mentor, Prime Minister Taro Aso, who has been himself scrambling to maintain a political balance amid abysmally low public support ratings and criticism over his negative comments about postal privatization. 音声slow http://www.two-para.com/0218s.mp3
Finance minister in fight for his job Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa was fighting for his political life Monday after 【footage:映像】 aired around the world showed him 【slurring:不明瞭に発音する】 and unable to keep his eyes open during a weekend news conference in Rome. Nakagawa's 【lapse:失態】, which he blamed on cough medicine, didn't do much to help his 【embattled:苦境にある】【mentor:指導者】, Prime Minister Taro Aso, who has been himself scrambling to maintain a political balance amid 【abysmally:極端に悪い】 low public support ratings and criticism over his negative comments about postal 【privatization:民営化】.