The government has decided to appoint former Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party as a new advisor to the Cabinet Secretariat in charge of tourism policy.
The government has decided to strengthen its response to new coronaviruses such as the new mutant virus "Omicron strain", while relaxing behavioral restrictions on the condition that vaccination and testing are negative, and working to resume economic and social activities. increase.
Based on this policy, the government has decided to appoint former Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, who was newly defeated in the previous House of Representatives election as a special adviser to the Cabinet in charge of tourism policy.
The government hopes that Mr. Ishihara, who has served as the Minister for Economic Revitalization and the Minister for Tourism Nation, will be able to revitalize the tourism industry affected by the new corona.
In addition, the government has decided to appoint a member of the House of Representatives Minoru Terada of the Liberal Democratic Party Kishida faction as an assistant to the Prime Minister in charge of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
Mr. Terada is also in charge of national security, which is currently held by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara.
Prime Minister Kishida seems to have the aim of increasing the momentum toward the realization of a world free of nuclear weapons by appointing Mr. Terada, who is from Hiroshima, the same bombed area as himself.
The government has decided to make such appointments on the 3rd.