Opposition parties slammed the reshuffled Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, saying it clearly showed the dearth of high-caliber lawmakers within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
Tadamori Oshima, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, blasted the appointments of former House of Councilors President Satsuki Eda, former LDP Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and DPJ Acting Secretary General Yukio Edano to the new Cabinet.
Eda, who was appointed justice minister, headed Kan's campaign team in the September 2010 DPJ presidential election, when the prime minister defeated scandal-tainted party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.