Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) poses for a photo session with his cabinet ministers at prime minister's official residence after finishing an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo April 26, 2001. Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi is seen in the left and Finance Minister Seijuro Shiokawa, right. Financial Service chief Hakuo Yanagisawa is seen right behind of Koizumi and Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is right next to Yanagisawa.

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