Japan to streamline Cabinet support agencies

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada attend a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012. The Japanese government decided to streamline two Cabinet support agencies and allow them to respond more flexibly and strategically to major issues, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said.

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