Factbox: Profiles of key Japanese cabinet ministers in new posts


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  • Wednesday, 11 Sep 2019

Japan's new Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi arrives at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, keeping allies such as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Finance Minister Taro Aso in their posts..

Here are brief profiles of some of those with new jobs in the cabinet.

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