Fukaya appointed new trade minister

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Fukaya, the new minister for international trade and industry, speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's official residence Oct. 5. Fukaya is known as an aggressive debater in the Diet and earned the nickname ''Mr. Budget Committee'' while chairing the House of Representatives committee from 1996 to 1997.

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