Japan PM arranging to reshuffle Cabinet, ruling party execs Sept. 16
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is making arrangements to reshuffle her Cabinet and the executive lineup of her ruling Liberal
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to initiate Cabinet and party executive reshuffles on September 16th, according to government sources. This action may be taken to prepare for an extraordinary parliamentary session scheduled for early October, organized jointly by the government and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Takaichi plans to seek approval for the new party leadership during an executive committee meeting on the 15th. The reshuffles, including the appointment of senior vice ministers and parliamentary vice ministers, are expected to take place between September 16th and 18th, pending the approval of a tax reform package on September 15th.
If the tax reform approval is delayed, Takaichi's visit to the United States for the U.N. General Assembly may delay the reshuffles. In this first reshuffle since her October 2023 inauguration, Takaichi intends to retain influential LDP members Taro Aso and Shunichi Suzuki as the party's vice president and secretary general, respectively.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi are likely to retain their positions, while Takaichi may appoint LDP policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi to a key role. The reshuffles come as Takaichi aims to boost Japan's economy through expansionary fiscal policy, despite inflationary pressures.
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