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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and his cabinet members, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano (2nd R), Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (3rd R), Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (4th R), and Postal Reform Minister Shozaburo Jimi (L), attend the Upper House plenary...

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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) bows with cabinet members Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano (C) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano after the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion was rejected in parliament in Tokyo June 2, 2011. Kan survived a no-confidence vote in...

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Japan's Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks next to an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei index and other countries' market indices during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo March 2, 2011. Yosano said on Wednesday that the government needs to think about restraining new bond...

Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

Japan's Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo March 2, 2011. Yosano said on Wednesday that the government needs to think about restraining new bond issuance in compiling the budget for the fiscal year beginning in April 2012.

Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

(From top) Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano walk toward their seats to cast a vote for the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion at the parliament in Tokyo June 2, 2011. Kan survived a non-cofidence vote in...

Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) attends a parliament session with his cabinet members (2nd R to L) Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano and Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, in Tokyo June 2, 2011. Kan said on Thursday that he would step down after...

Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano attend a parliament session in Tokyo June 2, 2011. A no-confidence motion against Kan on Thursday is certain to be rejected, Kyodo news agency reported, following reports the backers of ruling party powerbroker...

AP Photo 9 months ago

From right, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, bow just after the supplementary budget bill for the fiscal 2011 year was approved, at Parliament's upper house in Tokyo Monday, May 2, 2011. ...

Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) talks with Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano at the upper house parliamentary session in Tokyo May 2, 2011. Japan's parliament passed on Monday a 4 trillion yen ($50 billion) emergency budget for disaster relief after the March 11 earthquake and...

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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan listens to a question during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo in this May 10, 2011 file photo. Kan told his cabinet ministers on August 23, 2011 that they are likely to resign on August 30, Japanese Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano...

Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo in this July 13, 2011 file photo. Kan told his cabinet ministers on August 23, 2011 that they are likely to resign on Aug. 30, Japanese Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano said on Tuesday.

AP Photo 11 months ago

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, in blue uniform right, joins other members of his cabinet in mourning victims of last week's massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck northeastern Japan, in the lower house of the parliament in Tokyo on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Other...