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Japan keeps finance minister, foreign minister in new cabinet line-up

Japan Shunichi Suzuki Fumio Kishida Yoshimasa Hayashi
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki attends the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 16, 2022. Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool via REUTERS

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has confirmed the line-up of his new cabinet, with Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki remaining in his post, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Yoshimasa Hayashi would also keep his post as foreign minister, while the defence minister post would go to Yasukazu Hamada.

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attends the ASEAN Regional Forum during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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