Premier Mori's new cabinet members attested

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R, front) chats with former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L, front), who was appointed head of the Okinawa Development Agency in a cabinet shuffle Dec. 5, after the attestation by Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. In the background are other newly appointed ministers.

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