Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi poses with new cabinet ministers at Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi poses (front L) with his new cabinet members, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (front R), Education, Culture, Science and Technology Minister Nariaki Nakayama (2nd row L), Administrative Reform Minister Seiichiro Murakami (2nd row R), Financial Services Minister Tatsuya Ito (3rd row L), Information Technology Minister Yasufumi Tanahashi (3rd row R), after attending an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo September 27, 2004. Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet on Monday to boost his popularity and give impetus to reform - especially postal reform - but the mix of familiar faces with unknowns raised doubts about whether he would achieve those goals. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao YN/TW