The government unveiled a lineup Monday of key members of a preparatory office in charge of privatizing Japan's postal services, naming Financial Services Agency Commissioner Shokichi Takagi as one of two deputy heads.
The other deputy head of the office, to be set up April 26 under the Cabinet Secretariat, is Shinichi Nabekura, a former vice chief of policy coordination at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said at a news conference.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said last month that Yoshiaki Watanabe, former vice agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister, will head the office.