Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day.

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