“Taro Aso, son of a cement magnate and a champion of pork-barrel spending when prime minister, will become Japan ‘s sixth finance chief in three years, auguring expanded fiscal stimulus in the world’s third-largest economy. Aso, 72, will also serve as deputy prime minister and financial services minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in Tokyo today.”
