Japanese cabinet minister found dead

Japanese cabinet minister found dead

PanARMENIAN.Net - Police say Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of financial services and postal reforms has been found dead.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that Tadahiro Matsushita, the minister of postal reforms and financial services, was found dead at his home in Tokyo on Monday, Sept 10. He was 73. Police are investigating the cause of death.

Police had no further comment, The Associated Press reported.

Matsushita was appointed to the post in June by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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