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<text id=93TT1443>
<title>
Apr. 19, 1993: Cabinet Work
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Apr. 19, 1993 Los Angeles
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 19
WORLD
Cabinet Work
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<body>
<p>After the political maneuvering, Japan gets a new Foreign Minister
</p>
<p> For a few hours, it looked as if Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa
would weaken his political opponents in a shrewdly orchestrated
maneuver. When Michio Watanabe, 69, announced he would resign
from his post of Foreign Minister owing to poor health,
Miyazawa offered the position to former Finance Minister Tsutomu
Hata. Hata heads a rebellious faction in the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party and has hinted that he might create a new
party. Miyazawa apparently thought he could distract Hata from
his cause by luring the renegade into his Cabinet with a
prestigious post. Hata, however, declined the offer, saying he
wanted to "stay in the field to pursue political reform." The
post then went to a former Trade Minister, Kabun Muto, whose
appointment is unlikely to change Japan's foreign policy.
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</body>
</article>
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