Japan PM launches new cabinet

Friday, 04/08/2017 19:00
Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe has announced his new cabinet.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe (Source: EPA/VNA)

The new cabinet was announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the government's top spokesman. 

Many ministers are being reappointed, such as Finance Minister Taro Aso, or are taking up posts they have held before, in Abe‘s 2012 cabinet.

Former Minister for Administrative Reform Taro Kono has been appointed as Japanese Foreign Minister.

For the post of Defense Minister, Mr. Abe chose Itsunori Onodera, a longtime lawmaker who held the same job in the first cabinet Mr. Abe formed after his 2012 victory.

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, 54, is set to stay in his post.

Ms. Seiko Noda, 56 years old, is expected to become Internal Affairs and Communications Minister./.

 

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