Aristocratic ex-Olympic shooter tipped as Japan finance minister

Three years after suffering a crushing election defeat, former Prime Minister Taro Aso - a one-time Olympic skeet shooter - is back in government with a new enemy in his sights: the persistent deflation that is dragging down Japan’s economy.

Prime Minister-to-be Shinzo Abe, another former premier, is set to tap the 72-year-old Aso for the key finance portfolio, domestic media said, after their conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) surged back to power in a lower house election on Sunday that turned the tables on the ruling Democratic Party.

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