Aso replaces Nukaga as state minister for economic policy

Aso replaces Nukaga as state minister for economic policy

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, 60, meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 23 after replacing Fukushiro Nukaga as state minister for economic and fiscal policy and information technology. Nukaga resigned earlier in the day over a scandal involving small-business insurer KSD.

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