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TOKYO (REUTERS) - The Japanese finance minister's post is likely to go to former Olympics minister Shunichi Suzuki in presumptive new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new cabinet, the Yomiuri daily reported late on Thursday (Sept 30). Incumbent finance minister Taro Aso is set to become the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) vice-president, the paper said. Mr Suzuki, 68, is son of former prime minister Zenko Suzuki. He has served as environment minister as well. Former foreign minister Kishida clinched a victory in the LDP's leadership election on Wednesday. He is almost certain to become new premier, replacing Yoshihide Suga when...