EISUKE SAKAKIBARA, Vice Minister of Finance, Japan, 1997-1999: Japan is a very sort of parochial and very closed economy; there's no question about it.

大藏省次长， 日本，1997-1999：日本是一个地域狭小的国家，经济非常封闭，这一点毋庸质疑。

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He also served as chief economist for the World Bank's East Asia and the Pacific Region and as deputy vice minister for international affairs of Japan's Ministry of Finance.

他还担任过世界银行东亚、太平洋地区首席经济师及日本财务省负责国际事务的副财务官、内阁大臣官房参赞等职。

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His book on the subject has just been published in Chinese, with a preface by Lou Jiwei, the vice minister of finance.

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To make the point more directly, the vice-minister of finance attended the bank's policy meeting on January 8th.

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He recently told the press that Sakakibara Eisuke, former vice minister for international affairs at Japan's Ministry of Finance, would make a "splendid" candidate.

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