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Abe taps woman DM

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-04 16:07

Japan's Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma (C) attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo July 4, 2007. Kyuma resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe quickly tapped a woman for the post to try to quell the furore ahead of an election this month. [Reuters]