Abe keeps key ministers on

– Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kept key ministers on in a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday.

Abe, who has made female empowerment a priority, tapped Satsuki Katayama as minister of regional revitalisation and gender equality.

Finance Minister Taro Aso, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi were reappointed. – Reuters

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