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Japan PM eyes cabinet reshuffle as early as June - Kyodo

Kan, under fire for his response to the disaster and the ensuing nuclear accident, 传奇私服 is mulling creating ministerial posts to lead reconstruction work and the continuing atomic crisis, Kyodo said, citing sources close to the prime minister. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku will likely be tapped for the post handling reconstruction, while Goshi Hosono, an aide to Kan and a ruling Democratic Party lawmaker, is seen as a strong candidate for the role managing the nuclear accident at a Tokyo Electric Power plant, 传世私服 Kyodo said. The earthquake and tsunami on March 11 triggered cooling system malfunctions at Tokyo Electric's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, causing radiation to leak into the atmosphere and ocean. Engineers are still struggling to bring the plant under control. The reshuffle could come soon after the end of the current session of parliament on June 22,传世私服 but Kan may postpone it until just before an extraordinary session of parliament expected to start in August, Kyodo cited the sources as saying. Already Japan's fifth premier in as many years, 魔域私服 Kan has seen his ratings sink below 30 percent on concerns about his leadership and faces calls from both inside and outside his own party to step down although few expect him to quit easily.