Tetsuo Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the Komeito Party, will remain in office in the cabinet reshuffle that will be held on the 10th.
Mr. Saito is 70 years old and has been elected to the House of Representatives Hiroshima 3rd Ward 10 times.
He is the vice president of Komeito.
After working for a construction company, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993, and has held positions such as minister of the environment, secretary-general of the party, and chairman of the political affairs research committee.
Then, when the Kishida Cabinet was launched last year, he was appointed Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and has been working on measures to deal with the problem of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's inappropriate handling of statistical data, and measures in the tourism sector, where demand is sluggish due to the new coronavirus. I made it.
As Prime Minister Kishida, he seems to have decided to retain Minister Saito, who has held important posts in the party, because he emphasized his rich political experience and policy continuity.