Staff writer
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's reshuffled Cabinet is a mixture of hopes and disappointments.
That is because Hashimoto succeeded in appointing some of the ministers on his list but failed to prevent factions within his Liberal Democratic Party from influencing the formation of his third Cabinet.
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