Shinzo Abe has appointed a hardline conservative as Japan’s new defence minister in a move likely to worsen relations with China.
Tomomi Inada, a 57-year-old lawyer whom Mr Abe often likens to Joan of Arc, will become the most senior woman in his cabinet and a candidate to succeed him as prime minister.
Mr Abe promoted a number of allies and signalled his growing grip on power and a determination to push ahead with economic stimulus by bringing an architect of Abenomics into government.
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