The Second Abe Cabinet
Inauguration
Appointment of powerful party members in key positions
December 26, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - Tomomi Inada, newly-appointed minister of state in charge of Administrative and Regulatory Reforms, arrives at Kantei, Japanese prime minister's office, in a formal dress for an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Shinzo Abe, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, began forming his Cabinet immediately after being installed by the Diet as the nation's new prime minister. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-