02/17/2009. Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa fired for being drunk during the G8 news conference in Rome.

Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announces his resignation during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb.17, 2009. Nakagawa has been under fire over his unusual behavior at a recent G7 news conference in Rome. (Xinhua/Kyodo