The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Tokyo

Lineup of Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's

Cabinet: Prime Minister: Taro Aso Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takeo Kawamura, Foreign Minister: Hirofumi Nakasone, Defense Minister: Yasukazu Hamada, Finance Minister: Shoichi Nakagawa, Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister: Kaoru Yosano (retained), Economy, Trade and Industry Minster: Toshihiro Nikai (retained), Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister: Shigeru Ishiba, Justice Minister: Eisuke Mori, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minster: Ryu Shionoya, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister: Yoichi Masuzoe (retained), Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister: Nariaki Nakayama

Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Kunio Hatoyama, Environment Minister: Tetsuo Saito (retained), National Public Safety Commission Chairman, also in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories: Tsutomu Sato, Administrative Reforms Minister: Akira Amari, Population and Gender Equality Minister: Yuko Obuchi, Consumer Affairs, Science and Technology, Food Safety and Space, Development Minister: Seiko Noda (retained).