LDP's Hamada joins Cabinet

LDP's Hamada joins Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyuki Hamada, an upper house lawmaker of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan recruited Hamada into his Cabinet as parliamentary secretary for reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami the same day. Hamada told the LDP the same day that he wants to leave the main opposition party.

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