Prime Minister Kishida will reshuffle the Cabinet and appoint officers of the LDP on the 10th.
Nine will enter the cabinet for the first time, and five will re-enter the cabinet, including those who have experience as the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Minister of Defense, who will be required to respond to important issues.
Prime Minister Kishida will appoint the Liberal Democratic Party officers in the morning of the 10th, and will summarize his resignation letter at an extraordinary cabinet meeting, and will reshuffle the cabinet in the afternoon.
He will keep you updated on the progress of the day today.
Former Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Ishida, etc. to head the Liberal Democratic Party's personnel affairs
In addition to the reappointments of Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Takagi, Director of the Organizational Campaign Headquarters Obuchi, and Acting Secretary-General Kajiyama, Masatoshi Ishida, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, will be appointed Head of the Public Relations Headquarters.
Prime Minister Kishida at the Liberal Democratic Party Headquarters at 9:00 a.m.
Prime Minister Kishida has just entered the Liberal Democratic Party Headquarters to carry out the personnel affairs of the Liberal Democratic Party's officers.
He is having a meeting with Vice President Aso and Secretary-General Motegi on the 4th floor of the party headquarters.
What is the flow toward the launch of the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet?
On the afternoon of the 10th, Prime Minister Kishida will hold a party leader's meeting with Komeito representative Yamaguchi, and then set up a cabinet headquarters at the Prime Minister's official residence to remodel the cabinet, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno will announce the list of ministers.
After that, after the certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace, it is expected that the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet will be officially inaugurated in the evening.
And Prime Minister Kishida will hold a press conference to clarify his personnel goals and future administration management.
How do journalists view Political Department Reporter Kogaki
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The fact that the posts are allotted to the Nikai faction, which has been pointed out to be distant from Prime Minister Kishida, shows that they have worked hard to balance the factions.
There is also the view that the appointment of Mr. Kono and Mr. Takaichi, who fought in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election last year, was conscious of reconciliation within the party.
The Kishida administration has maintained a relatively high approval rating, but in this month's NHK public opinion poll, it fell 13 points from last month, the lowest since its inauguration.
It has been pointed out that the fact that the relationship between the former Unification Church and politicians has been clarified has had an effect, but as Prime Minister Kishida, he has decided to turn the situation around by stabilizing the administration by uniting the party. It seems that there is an aim to want to.
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The emphasis is on experience.
The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Minister in Charge of Economic Revitalization, and the Minister of Finance, who are responsible for measures against the new corona and soaring prices, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense, who are responsible for responding to the situation in Ukraine and the Taiwan issue become a person.
In addition, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, who is responsible for energy measures, will also appoint Mr. Nishimura, who has experience as a cabinet minister and is from the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
Prime Minister Kishida explained that the reason for the personnel changes is to strengthen the system in order to "break through the difficult situation," and that he wants to gather experience and overcome the important domestic and international challenges facing the administration. think.
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When the Kishida Cabinet was inaugurated in October last year, there were three members, so compared to that, the number has decreased by one.
The fact that we prioritized veterans with ministerial experience this time may also have had an effect.
On the other hand, from the appointment of 41-year-old Mr. Ogura, we can see the attitude of continuing to actively promote mid-career and young people.
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Since the Kishida faction led by himself is the 4th faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Kishida cannot say that the foundation within the party is solid. The aim is to ensure stable party management.
On the other hand, by including Mr. Moriyama, who manages factions from the Moriyama faction, which has the smallest number, in the party's four roles, it seems that he was trying to build a party-building system along with ministerial appointments.
In addition, Mr. Hagiuda, who will become the chairman of the political affairs investigation, belongs to the Abe faction, the largest faction, and is known as a close aide to former Prime Minister Abe.
In future policy discussions within the party, I think there is a sense of expectation that he will demonstrate his ability to coordinate with lawmakers close to Mr. Abe, who have different ideas from his own.
The question is whether the government will be able to build a coalition, stabilize the government, and solve difficult problems as intended.
Defense Minister Kishi appointed as Special Advisor to Prime Minister for National Security
Prime Minister Kishida has confirmed his intention to appoint Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi as his successor as Minoru Terada, who is the national security advisor to the Prime Minister, will be appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet reshuffle on the 10th.
Mr. Kishi is 63 years old and has been elected four times to the Yamaguchi 2nd District of the House of Representatives.
He was the younger brother of former Prime Minister Abe, who passed away, and after serving as State Minister for Foreign Affairs, he entered the cabinet for the first time as Minister of Defense in the Kan Cabinet.
As Prime Minister Kishida, amidst the increasingly severe security environment surrounding Japan, by appointing Mr. Kishi, Minister of Defense, as Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of national security, who is also involved in the NSC (National Security Council). It seems that the aim is to steadily advance discussions on the revision of the three security-related documents to be compiled at the end of the year.
Liberal Democratic Party executive appointment
In the appointment of LDP executives,
▼ Taro Aso, chairman of the Aso faction, and
Toshimitsu Motegi, the secretary-general of the ▼ Motegi faction chairman, will remain in office,
▼ Toshiaki Endo, chairman of the Tanigaki group's election campaign committee, will remain as general affairs chairman, and
▼ Abe faction will be chairman of the political affairs survey. Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, ▼ Hiroshi Moriyama, chairman of the Moriyama faction,
will be appointed as
chairman of the election campaign committee .
19 ministers in the reshuffled cabinet
So far, all 19 members of the reshuffled cabinet have been solidified.
▼ Minoru Terada, Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Kishida faction, as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.
▼ Mr. Yasuhiro Hanashi of the Kishida faction as Minister of Justice.
▼ Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi of the Kishida faction will remain as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
▼ Mr. Shunichi Suzuki of the Aso faction remains as Minister of Finance.
▼ Ms. Keiko Nagaoka of the Aso faction as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
▼ Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato of Motegi faction as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.
▼ Mr. Tetsuro Nomura, a member of the House of Councilors, is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
▼ Yasutoshi Nishimura, the former minister in charge of economic revitalization, who is an Abe faction to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
▼ Mr. Tetsuo Saito of Komeito remains as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
▼ Mr. Akihiro Nishimura of the Abe faction as the Minister of the Environment.
▼ Mr. Seiichi Hamada, who has no faction, is the Minister of Defense.
▼ Mr. Hirokazu Matsuno of Abe faction remains as chief cabinet secretary.
▼ Digital Minister Taro Kono, Director of the Party Public Relations Headquarters of the Aso faction.
▼ Mr. Kenya Akiba of the Motegi faction is the Minister of Reconstruction.
▼ Mr. Koichi Tani of the Nikai faction as the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and the minister in charge of disaster prevention.
▼ Naoki Okada, a member of the House of Councilors who is an Abe faction to the minister in charge of regional revitalization.
▼ Mr. Masanobu Ogura of the Nikai faction is appointed as the minister in charge of the declining birthrate.
▼ The minister in charge of economic revitalization and the minister in charge of new corona countermeasures are Mr. Daishiro Yamagiwa of the Aso faction.
▼ Sanae Takaichi, chairman of the party's political affairs research, is a non-factional minister in charge of economic security.
▽ The minister in charge of economic security was initially adjusted by Mr. Takayuki Kobayashi, a second-tier faction, to remain in office, but was eventually shelved.
Foreign Minister Hayashi, Finance Minister Suzuki, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno will remain in office.
In addition, five people will re-enter the Cabinet, including Mr. Kato, who will be appointed as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare for the third time, and Mr. Hamada, who will be appointed as Minister of Defense for the second time.
On the other hand, there are nine first-time cabinet members, including Mr. Ogura, who has been elected four times as the minister in charge of the declining birthrate.