Japan cabinet reshuffle brings in new foreign, defense ministers

Yoko Kamikawa becomes first female top diplomat since 2004

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Minoru Kihara, left, is set to become Japan's new defense minister, while Yoko Kamikawa will be foreign minister. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Hiroshi Endo and Satoko Kawasaki) 

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will appoint Yoko Kamikawa, a former minister of justice, as his new foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle set to take place Wednesday.

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