Can a rookie Cabinet member undergo a political makeover in only five months?
Government officials and bureaucrats are skeptical, but nevertheless they're talking about the new Makiko Tanaka, head of the Foreign Ministry.
In the ordinary Diet session that closed in late June, three economic treaties became the legislative victims of Tanaka's combativeness and were shelved for ratification.
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