TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced the female minister in charge of tackling the country’s falling birthrate and installed a man who sought to deepen his understanding of the issue by trying out a "pregnancy belly.”
Kishida reshuffled his cabinet Wednesday (Aug 10)and named former Bank of Japan official Masanobu Ogura (pic), 41, to take over the post from ruling party veteran Seiko Noda, a mother of one.
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