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News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is flanked by two newly appointed female members of his Cabinet as they pose for photographers on the steps of the prime ministers office in Tokyo following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. They are, front row from left: Akihiro Ota, minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Yuko Obuchi, minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Abe; Sanae Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Second row, from left: Akira Amari, minister of Economic Revitalization; Haruko Arimura, minister of Promoting Women; Eriko Yamatan, minister of the Abduction Issues; and Shigeru Ishiba, minister of Revitalizing Regional Economies and Communities. (Photo by AFLO)

News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference at the Prime Ministrer’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes reshuffled Cabinet. Abe replaced 12 ministers, created two new ministerial posts and changed the executives of the Liberal Democratic Party in his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012. (Photo by AFLO)News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is flanked by two newly appointed female members of his Cabinet as they pose for photographers on the steps of the prime ministers office in Tokyo following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. They are, front row from left: Akihiro Ota, minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Yuko Obuchi, minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Abe; Sanae Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Second row, from left: Akira Amari, minister of Economic Revitalization; Haruko Arimura, minister of Promoting Women; Eriko Yamatan, minister of the Abduction Issues; and Shigeru Ishiba, minister of Revitalizing Regional Economies and Communities. (Photo by AFLO)

News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference at the Prime Ministrer’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes reshuffled Cabinet. Abe replaced 12 ministers, created two new ministerial posts and changed the executives of the Liberal Democratic Party in his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012. (Photo by AFLO)News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is flanked by two newly appointed female members of his Cabinet as they pose for photographers on the steps of the prime ministers office in Tokyo following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. They are, front row from left: Akihiro Ota, minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Yuko Obuchi, minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Abe; Sanae Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Second row, from left: Akira Amari, minister of Economic Revitalization; Haruko Arimura, minister of Promoting Women; Eriko Yamatan, minister of the Abduction Issues; and Shigeru Ishiba, minister of Revitalizing Regional Economies and Communities. (Photo by AFLO)

News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference at the Prime Ministrer’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes reshuffled Cabinet. Abe replaced 12 ministers, created two new ministerial posts and changed the executives of the Liberal Democratic Party in his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012. (Photo by AFLO)News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is flanked by two newly appointed female members of his Cabinet as they pose for photographers on the steps of the prime ministers office in Tokyo following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. They are, front row from left: Akihiro Ota, minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Yuko Obuchi, minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Abe; Sanae Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Second row, from left: Akira Amari, minister of Economic Revitalization; Haruko Arimura, minister of Promoting Women; Eriko Yamatan, minister of the Abduction Issues; and Shigeru Ishiba, minister of Revitalizing Regional Economies and Communities. (Photo by AFLO)

News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference at the Prime Ministrer’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes reshuffled Cabinet. Abe replaced 12 ministers, created two new ministerial posts and changed the executives of the Liberal Democratic Party in his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012. (Photo by AFLO)News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, is flanked by two newly appointed female members of his Cabinet as they pose for photographers on the steps of the prime ministers office in Tokyo following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. They are, front row from left: Akihiro Ota, minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Yuko Obuchi, minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Abe; Sanae Takaichi, minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Second row, from left: Akira Amari, minister of Economic Revitalization; Haruko Arimura, minister of Promoting Women; Eriko Yamatan, minister of the Abduction Issues; and Shigeru Ishiba, minister of Revitalizing Regional Economies and Communities. (Photo by AFLO)

News conference at the prime ministrer office
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Tokyo, Japan – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga addresses a news conference at the Prime Ministrer’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes reshuffled Cabinet. Abe replaced 12 ministers, created two new ministerial posts and changed the executives of the Liberal Democratic Party in his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012. (Photo by AFLO)