竹中平藏

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竹中平藏是一位经济学家，前日本前经济和财政政策的大臣。

Heizo Takenaka is an economist and Japan 's former minister of economic and financial policy .
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2001年，身在学术界的竹中平藏被小泉相中，并被立即委以负责金融系统改革之职。

Mr Takenaka was plucked out of academia by Mr Koizumi in 2001 , and was quickly put in charge of financial system reforms .
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部分得益于中国需求的刺激，日本的经济环境出现了整体改善。在此帮助下，竹中平藏帮助加速了日本银行体系的清理行动，当时的日本银行因泡沫破裂而坏账缠身。

Aided by a general improvement in the economic environment , fuelled in part by Chinese demand , Mr Takenaka helped accelerate the clean-up of a banking system that had been drowning in bubble-related bad debts .
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竹中平藏表示，进入私人部门后，他将支持安倍晋三，但一些人将他的离职视为一个信号，表明在安倍晋三的内阁中，没有像他这样自由市场公开倡导者的位置。

Although Mr Takenaka has said he will support Mr Abe from the private sector , some will interpret his departure as a sign that there is no place for such an avowed proponent of the free market in an Abe cabinet .