Japan Cabinet reshuffle

Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed ministers of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet leave the prime minister's office in Tokyo for the Imperial Palace to attend the attestation ceremony on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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