We have frequently said that Japan's top government and central bank power echelons are nothing more than a grotesque circus of utter incompetence...... and the latest news out of that basket case banana republic have just confirmed out cynicism once again. In a "shocking" twist of events out of the land of the rising sun banana, Japan’s State Finance Minister, Kenji Kanda - best known for doing nothing and just watching as Japan's currency craters to record lows while unleashing historic inflation on the local population - has stepped down following allegations of tax evasion, delivering a fresh blow to the ... (full story)