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CNNTOKYO, Japan (CNN) - Former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police told CNN.
Tokyo police found Nakagawa, 56, lying face down on a bed on the second-floor of his home, Kyodo reported.
Nakagawa submitted his resignation February 17, just three days after he appeared intoxicated at the G7 news conference in Rome, Italy. Japan's prime minister quickly appointed Kaoru Yosano, the economics minister, to replace Nakagawa.
Nakagawa's resignation had followed an announcement by Japan's main opposition party that it would introduce a motion to censure him.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/Japan.nakagawa.dead/index.html
His father had committed suicide, so I wonder if that's what happened?