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Komiyama to be welfare minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yoko Komiyama, senior vice health minister, who will be promoted to health, labor and welfare minister in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011.

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Komiyama assured of win in Tokyo lower house by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Komiyama (3rd from L), a candidate on the official ticket of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), celebrates at her election office in Tokyo on April 27 after being assured of victory in the House of Representatives by-election for Tokyo No. 6 constituency. At left is DPJ leader Naoto Kan.

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(1)Koizumi, Kan in by-election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koziumi waves at voters during his House of Representatives by-election campaign in Tokyo on April 19. The April 27 race between Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Michio Ochi and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) candidate Yoko Komiyama is seen as a litmus test for the next general election.

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Komiyama to be welfare minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yoko Komiyama, senior vice health minister, who will be promoted to health, labor and welfare minister in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Komiyama assured of win in Tokyo lower house by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Komiyama (3rd from L), a candidate on the official ticket of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), celebrates at her election office in Tokyo on April 27 after being assured of victory in the House of Representatives by-election for Tokyo No. 6 constituency. At left is DPJ leader Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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(1)Koizumi, Kan in by-election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koziumi waves at voters during his House of Representatives by-election campaign in Tokyo on April 19. The April 27 race between Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Michio Ochi and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) candidate Yoko Komiyama is seen as a litmus test for the next general election. (Kyodo)