Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 1, 2012. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveiled the new Cabinet lineup here on Monday after accepting the ministers' resignation en masse earlier in the day. (Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki)
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Japanese PM Noda revamps Cabinet, 8 new faces in
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveiled the new Cabinet lineup here on Monday after accepting the ministers' resignation en masse earlier in the day.
Noda announced at a press conference the appointments of ex- Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara as national policy minister, and Koriki Jojima who was chief of Diet affairs in ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as finance minister, among others, in a bid to bolster the waning public support for his year-old government. Full story
