Acquitted welfare official returns to work

TOKYO, Japan - Senior welfare ministry official Atsuko Muraki (L) receives the letter of appointment from Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Muraki was acquitted of a postal abuse charge and reinstated to the ministry after 15 months.

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