The cabinet of Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso was formally launched late Wednesday following an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (front C) poses with cabinet members for a photo session at the premier’s official residence in Tokyo Sept. 25, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

“I have just appointed appropriate persons to the appropriate posts in the cabinet,” said Aso at the press conference.

“The new cabinet will not fail the expectation of the Japanese people,” he said.

And the cabinet will make the utmost efforts to win the general parliamentary election, said the new prime minister.

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