China News Service Tokyo, October 2 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reorganized the cabinet on the 22nd, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced the list of cabinet ministers in the afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso , Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Kono , Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Keiichi Ishii recommended by the Komeito Party, and Minister of Economic Regeneration Toshimitsu Motegi will continue to serve.
File photo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Among the 19 cabinet ministers, 12 are joining the cabinet for the first time, including Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Ishida Masatoshi, Justice Minister Yamashita Takashi, Reconstruction Minister Watanabe Homichi, and Chairman of the National Public Security Commission. Junzo Yamamoto, Minister in Charge of Disaster Prevention, Masahiko Shibayama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Mitsuhiro Miyakomo, Minister in Charge of 100 Million Total Activities and Minister in charge of Northern Okinawa, Takuya Hirai, Minister in Charge of Science and Technology, Takamori Yoshikawa, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Satsuki Katayama, Minister in charge of Local Development, and Yoshitaka Sakurada, Minister of Olympics.
Former Reconstruction Minister Nemoto Takumi has once again joined the cabinet as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.
The number of women in the cabinet has increased from 2 before the reshuffle to 1, including Satsuki Katayama, the minister in charge of regional development.
The average age of Abe cabinet members (including Abe) this time is 63.4 years old. The eldest is Taro Aso (78 years old) and the youngest is Masahiko Shibayama (52 years old).
The new cabinet will be formally established in the evening after a certification ceremony will be held at the Royal Palace that day. The first meeting of the new cabinet is also planned to be held in the evening of the same day. (End)
