THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 12, 2023 at 17:43 JST
The four Cabinet ministers from the Abe faction are, from left: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno; Yasutoshi Nishimura, the economy minister; Ichiro Miyashita, the agriculture minister; and Junji Suzuki, the internal affairs minister. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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