DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Nov. 4 introduced his nominees for key posts in a cabinet he would form if the party wins the Nov. 9 general election. Kan said if he becomes premier he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara (2nd from L) as finance minister, reformist Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (3rd from L) as minister for decentralization, and Yasuyo Yamazaki (L), a former partner in U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, as land, infrastructure and transport minister.

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