and YOSUKE NAITOStaff writers
Keizo Obuchi, the newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is not expected to radically shake economic policymaking for better or for worse when he becomes prime minister next week.
More important is who will be named finance minister in Obuchi's first Cabinet and whether Obuchi or the new finance chief takes the initiative on economic issues, a senior ministry official said.
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