Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet, LDP leadership as support rates tumble
10 Aug 2022 01:52pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. - 123RF Photo
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According to the lineup, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno remained in their posts, as Kishida aims to ensure continuity in the face of pressing economic and diplomatic issues, Xinhua reported.
LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and LDP Vice President Taro Aso also retained their posts.
Former Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada replaced Nobuo Kishi and took the defense portfolio again.
The new cabinet also includes LDP policy chief Sanae Takaichi as economic security minister. The party's PR chief Taro Kono was named digitisation minister.
Kishida appointed industry minister Koichi Hagiuda with the key post of LDP policy chief, and gave the industry minister job to Yasutoshi Nishimura, a former economic revitalization minister who was in charge of the government's COVID-19 response. - BERNAMA
