File photo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
file picture: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe .
China News Service, Tokyo, September 11 (Reporter Lu Shaowei) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reorganized the cabinet on the 11th, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced the list in the afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will continue to serve in their original posts.
Among the 19 cabinet ministers, 13 have joined the cabinet for the first time this time, which is the most in the history of Abe’s cabinet .
The adjusted list is Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi Sanae , Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai , Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato Katsunobu , Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto Taku, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kazuhide Sugawara, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane Kazuka, and Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi , Defense Minister Kono Taro, Reconstruction Minister Kazunori Tanaka, National Public Safety Commission Chairman Ryota Takeda, Minister in charge of 100 million total activities and Northern Okinawa, Shoichi Eto, Minister in charge of Science and Technology Takemoto Naoichi, Minister in charge of Economic Regeneration and Minister of Generational Social Security Reform Nishimura Yasunari , Minister in charge of local development Seigo Kitamura, Minister in charge of Olympics Seiko Hashimoto.
The number of female cabinet ministers has increased from 1 before the reshuffle to 2, namely Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi and Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto.
The average age of Abe cabinet members (including Abe) this time is 61.55 years old. The eldest is Taro Aso (78 years old) and the youngest is Shinjiro Koizumi (38 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. (End)