Privatize post offices and you may risk damaging the most trusted financial vehicle in Japan: the government bond.
That's a concern being pointed out by an increasing number of economists and Finance Ministry officials in response to the reform initiatives of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
And some politicians opposing the proposed privatization, which may begin as early as 2007, have begun to employ this argument.
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