LDP elders named as new cabinet

TOKYO - The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Ryutaro Hashimoto, introduced his new minority government yesterday by naming a low key…

TOKYO - The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Ryutaro Hashimoto, introduced his new minority government yesterday by naming a low key cabinet of mainly party elders which included a 69 year old finance minister.

There were no ministers under the age of 50 and only one woman in a 20 member cabinet which for the first time in three years was made up solely of members of Mr Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party.

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