NEW JAPANESE CABINET
Little Change In Ideals CONCERN OVER WAR EFFORT (By Telegraph.—Press Asstp —Copyright.) (Received July 23, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 23. General Koiso has been appointed Prime Minister of Japan, according to Tokio official radio, also stated that at its first meeting, his new Cabinet pledged itself to fight to a finish against Allied land, sea and air forces. General Koiso’s Ministers are: Admiral Yonai, Minister of theJNavy. General Sugtyama, Minister of War. Namortt Shigemitsu.. Foreign Affairs and Greater East Asia Minister. Shigeo Odachi, Home Affairs. Sotnro Isiwata, Finance. . Hiromasa Matzuaka, Justice. Harushige Nonomiya. Education. Histatada Hirose, Welfare. Ginjiro Fujiwara, Munitions. Toshim Shimada. Agriculture and Commerce. . , Youezo. Maeda, Transportation and Communications. Chuji Machida Hido Kodarau Taketora Ogata, Minister of State Affairs. After the meeting of the new Cabinet, General Koiso. broadcasting, urgently appealed to the Japanese for full confidence in the new Government and promised more vigorous prosecution of the war. “The ups and downs of war are inevitable ordeals in Japan’s sacred war for the world’s welfare.” a commentator said. “Shigemitsu’s retention indicates that Japanese foreign policy will not be changed in the slightest degree.’ He also told listeners that General Koiso bad two nicknames. “Tiger of the Chosen, because he is strong and reassuring as a tiger, and “Singing Frog.” because he sings like a frog.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 254, 24 July 1944, Page 5
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