Koizumi cabinet holds 1st meeting in new facility

Koizumi cabinet holds 1st meeting in new facility

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet holds its first regular meeting May 7 in the new five-story facility adjacent to the 73-year-old former premier's official residence. ''I feel we are marking a new start,'' Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kosei Ueno said at a press conference after the cabinet met in the 110-square-meter meeting room on the fourth floor of the state-of-the-art building.

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