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Ex-speed skater Hashimoto to be appointed as foreign state secretary
TOKYO, Sept. 28 Kyodo - The government and the ruling coalition parties have decided to appoint former speed skater Seiko Hashimoto, a member of the House of Councillors, as a state secretary for foreign affairs, officials said Sunday.
They have also decided to appoint House of Representative member Hideaki Omura,
48, as senior vice minister of health, labor and welfare, they said.
Their appointments will be approved at a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
The 43-year-old Hashimoto, a bronze medalist at the 1992 Albertville Winter
Olympics, will assume the post vacated by Ichita Yamamoto. Yamamoto resigned
from the post earlier this month as he prepared to run in the Liberal
Democratic Party presidential race.
All other senior vice ministers will retain their posts.
==Kyodo
They have also decided to appoint House of Representative member Hideaki Omura,
48, as senior vice minister of health, labor and welfare, they said.
Their appointments will be approved at a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
The 43-year-old Hashimoto, a bronze medalist at the 1992 Albertville Winter
Olympics, will assume the post vacated by Ichita Yamamoto. Yamamoto resigned
from the post earlier this month as he prepared to run in the Liberal
Democratic Party presidential race.
All other senior vice ministers will retain their posts.
==Kyodo
