Successor picked for gov't official after scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Manabu Sakai (R), a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, poses for photos with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013, after the government named Sakai as parliamentary secretary for land, infrastructure, transport and tourism -- the third-highest post for a lawmaker -- following the resignation of his predecessor over a scandal.