Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announces he would resign from his position during an urgent press conference at the finance ministry in Tokyo on February 17, 2009. Nakagawa said he would resign after the lower house of parliament passes key budget bills, a day after he denied being drunk at a Group of Seven meeting in Rome where he appeared incoherent and slurred his speech. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)