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Politics › Hatoyama's cabinet starts to take shape

Source: Japan Today

Tōkyō : Japan | 2 months ago

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Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, who will be named prime minister on Wednesday, has offered Shizuka Kamei, leader of the People’s New Party, a cabinet post overseeing postal and financial affairs, a senior official of his party said Tuesday.

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