Defense Minister Eto to decline post in new Cabinet

Defense Minister Eto to decline post in new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Akinori Eto is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014. Eto has decided to decline an offer to keep his post in a new Cabinet to be launched later in the day, sources at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Dec. 23.

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