Tokyo, Jan 6 (AFP) Japan's prime minister named his deputy Naoto Kan as finance minister today, replacing 77-year-old Hirohisa Fujii who is stepping down for health reasons in a blow to the three-month-old government.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, struggling to reverse a slump in his popularity, said Fujii's resignation was unavoidable due to exhaustion after months of hard work drawing up the national budget.
"The doctors' medical certificate said it is difficult for him to execute his official duty as a minister.
I have no choice but to take the doctors' diagnosis seriously," Hatoyama told reporters.
"I believe Deputy Prime Minister Kan can fully handle the job," he added. Kan, 63, is a co-founder of the governing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and reputed for his tough legislative debating skills.
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, struggling to reverse a slump in his popularity, said Fujii's resignation was unavoidable due to exhaustion after months of hard work drawing up the national budget.
"The doctors' medical certificate said it is difficult for him to execute his official duty as a minister.
I have no choice but to take the doctors' diagnosis seriously," Hatoyama told reporters.
"I believe Deputy Prime Minister Kan can fully handle the job," he added. Kan, 63, is a co-founder of the governing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and reputed for his tough legislative debating skills.
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