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new governor of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan will officially become Japan's prime minister today (16th).
The new cabinet will also be announced today, and the Minister of Health, Welfare and Labor Kato, who has been in charge of countermeasures against Corona 19, has been appointed to the new Secretary of State, who attracted attention.
This is Yoo Seong-jae's correspondent from Tokyo.
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Suga Liberal Democratic Party's governor will be nominated to replace Prime Minister Abe at the extraordinary National Assembly this afternoon.
As soon as the ballot is confirmed, the piece will be launched to appoint the ministerial level.
After receiving an appointment letter from Emperor Naruhito, the ``Suga Cabinet'' will be officially launched.
In cabinet personnel, the Minister of Health, Welfare and Labor was appointed as the Minister of Public Health, who serves as a government spokesman as Lee In-in of the Prime Minister's official residence.
The Kato Welfare Prize is interpreted as a stability-oriented person in that he has served as a deputy minister for nearly three years under the Secretary of State Suga, and has been in charge of corona countermeasures.
[Suga/LDP President: It is my mission to bring back'safety and security' as soon as possible.
We want to create a trusted government.] As
Foreign Minister Motegi is expected to maintain his position in this greeting, there is no significant change in the diplomatic line of the Japanese government.
In the Liberal Democratic Party executives decided yesterday, Governor Suga was conscious of the five major factions that supported him.
In-ja Lee, the secretary of the party, left the party as it was, and assigned the so-called four positions of the party to each faction.
In addition, Aso's Deputy Prime Minister and Hagiuda's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology were also retained, and the Suga cabinet was evaluated to have made a clear line of succession to the Abe regime while minimizing changes.