Diet Resumes Deliberations
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing in foreground, answers to an opposition lawmaker as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000juiHiQxcdvc/t/124/I0000juiHiQxcdvc.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Using a panel, Nobuteru Ishihara, secretary-general of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, asks questions to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jNVecfb73Z0/t/124/I0000jNVecfb73Z0.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing in foreground, answers to an opposition lawmaker as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000zLIRpoVNB3Y/t/124/I0000zLIRpoVNB3Y.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan asks permission to speak as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000dTvn0po4fxk/t/124/I0000dTvn0po4fxk.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Banri Kaieda, Japans minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, speaks as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000G1Jw3bQyMRc/t/124/I0000G1Jw3bQyMRc.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, rear, newly-appointed minister in charge of in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, listens to oppsition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FIi8B6atNQI/t/124/I0000FIi8B6atNQI.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan takes a sip of water while listening to questions from opposition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WpEKBrKhs90/t/124/I0000WpEKBrKhs90.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing in foreground, answers to an opposition lawmaker as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000BeyMkYaqfJA/t/124/I0000BeyMkYaqfJA.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing in center, answers to an opposition lawmaker as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000WuItGPmiev0/t/124/I0000WuItGPmiev0.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, newly-appointed minister in charge of in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, answers to oppsition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000QBZGyfkvmMw/t/124/I0000QBZGyfkvmMw.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, a novelist-turned-politician, asks questions to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000UbEyvuRwdeI/t/124/I0000UbEyvuRwdeI.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Goshi Hosono, Japan's nuclear power affairs minister, answers to oppsition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-..](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000s9A4d4THCBw/t/124/I0000s9A4d4THCBw.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan listens to questions from opposition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ps_N_ih6PGI/t/124/I0000ps_N_ih6PGI.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing in foreground, answers to an opposition lawmaker as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000c_K7d6bOOWY/t/124/I0000c_K7d6bOOWY.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, foreground, and his Cabinet ministers listen to questions from opposition lawmakers as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. Kan said he is responsible for having appointed Ryu Matsumoto to the new ministerial pst in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but indicated he has no plans to step down in the immediate future, despite mounting pressure to do so from both ruling and opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-.](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GLGbxRgTfYw/t/124/I0000GLGbxRgTfYw.jpg)
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![July 6th, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, newly-appointed minister in charge of in charge of rebuilding areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, asks permission to speaks as the stalled Diet session resumes deliberation in the lower house in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 06, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EP97uTbHKDU/t/124/I0000EP97uTbHKDU.jpg)
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