Shinjiro Koizumi
On the 11th local time, the list of Japanese cabinet reshuffles was officially announced. It is worth noting that Shinjiro Koizumi, the former administrative secretary for reconstruction, has been appointed as environment minister, which is the first time he has joined the cabinet, while Foreign Minister Taro Kono has been changed to defense minister.
According to reports from Japan's NHK News Network and Kyodo News, a total of 17 cabinet ministers have been replaced in this reorganization, 13 of whom are joining the cabinet for the first time. Abe promoted Shinjiro Koizumi, who has only been elected to the House of Representatives four times, to the cabinet. This appointment surprised the Japanese media. Shinjiro Koizumi is the second son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He is very popular among Japanese voters and is regarded as one of the strong contenders to succeed Abe. Chairman of the House of Representatives House Operations Committee Takaichi Sanae serves as the Minister of General Affairs, and Chairman of the Party General Affairs Committee Kato Katsunobu serves as the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Among those who remain, they include Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga , who are regarded by Abe as core figures in the government. The two have served since the establishment of the second Abe cabinet at the end of 2012. Also remaining in the cabinet are former Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who serves as Foreign Minister, and former Foreign Minister Taro Kono, who serves as Defense Minister.
The following is the cabinet list :
Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister) and Finance Minister, Finance Minister: Taro Aso
Minister of General Affairs: Takaichi Sanae
Chief Cabinet Secretary : Yoshihide Suga
Minister of Justice: Katsuyuki Kawai
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Toshimitsu Motegi
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Koichi Ogiuda
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare: Katsunobu Kato
Minister of Defense: Taro Kono
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: Taku Eto
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: Ichika Akabane
Minister of Economy, Industry and Industry: Kazuhide Sugawara
Minister of Economic Regeneration: Yasumi Nishimura
Minister of Environment: Shinjiro Koizumi
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Minister of Disaster Prevention: Ryota Takeda
Revitalization Minister: Tanaka Kazutori
100 million general active minister: Eto Seiichi
Local creation minister: Kitamura Seigo
Science and Technology minister: Takemoto Naoichi
Tokyo Olympics and Tokyo Paralympic Games minister: Hashimoto Seiko
