With the chief exception of Kaoru Yosano, a fiscal conservative reinstated as economy minister, the cabinet talent is astonishingly thin.

现任内阁的主要成员中只有著名的保守派担任经济财政大臣的与谢野馨继续留任，新内阁的班底显得特别的单薄。

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“The most troublesome thing is harmful rumours and the psychological effect [on consumers] as a result of radiation concerns, ” says Kaoru Yosano, the economy minister.

日本财政大臣谢野馨说：“最麻烦的事情是有害的谣言和消费者对辐射的关注所造成的心理作用。”

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Kaoru Yosano, minister for economics and fiscal policy, said that the March 11 disaster had been the main reason for the fall in output, and insisted that growth would soon return.

日本经济财政大臣与谢野馨(Kaoru Yosano)表示，3月11日的灾难是经济产出下降的主要原因，并坚称日本很快就会恢复增长。

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The embodiment of the new urgency and resolve to find solutions is the appointment of a 72-year-old veteran fiscal policy expert, Yosano Kaoru, as the new Minister for Economics and Finance.

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The chief lines of debate will be drawn between Kaoru Yosano, a former economy minister who argues for a swift start to hikes in the consumption tax, and Hidenao Nakagawa, once a close adviser to Mr Koizumi, who says the bureaucracy must be fixed and supply-side measures taken first.

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Meanwhile Kaoru Yosano, the new economy minister with a clear sense of what needs to be done to overhaul the country's finances in the face of an ageing population, was ordered to cobble together a fiscal-stimulus package in response to panicky (and probably unfounded) fears that the economy was tipping into a deep recession again.

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