Privatization Of Japan's State-Backed Postal Services Passed

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 5: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) celebrates having his top policy to privatize Japan's state-backed postal services passed iwith Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R), Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Taro Aso (L) at the Lower house plenary session on July 5, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Post is Japan's biggest holder of public debt, with about 140 trillion yen of government bonds. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)