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Akio Kioi, who took over as president of the Resolution and Collection Corp. earlier this month, said he agreed to take the helm of the state-backed debt collection body partly because he wanted to set an example for other lawyers that an “ordinary lawyer” like himself can be as good as his predecessor, Kohei Nakabo.
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