Inoue replaces state minister on disaster management Konoike

Inoue replaces state minister on disaster management Konoike

TOKYO, Japan - Kiichi Inoue speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after being named as state minister in charge of disaster management and legislation to deal with possible foreign attacks in the reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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