Koike appointed as defense minister after Kyuma bows out

TOKYO, Japan - Yuriko Koike, special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on national security, surrounded by reporters at the Prime Minister's Official Residence after she was appointed as defense minister on July 3. She succeeds Fumio Kyuma, who stepped down from the Cabinet post over remarks he made on the weekend, which were taken to justify the U.S. atomic bombings during World War II.

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