Naoto Kan Replaces Ill Health Hirohisa Fujii As Financial Minister

TOKYO - JANUARY 07: (L to R) State Strategy Minister Yoshito Sengoku, Financial Minister Naoto Kan, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Minister for Science and Technology Policy Tatsuo Kawabata and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano pose for photographs at Hatoyama's official residence on January 7, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Kan replaces 77-year-old Hirohisa Fujii, who resigned the post for health reasons. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)