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Opposition Party Leader Raps Takemi’s Appointment as Health Minister
Fumitake Fujita, secretary general of opposition party Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), on September 15 criticized the appointment of Keizo Takemi as health minister in the latest Cabinet reshuffle, questioning his close ties with the country’s most powerful doctors’ lobby.…
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