Takaichi Shuffles Japan’s Cabinet to Revive Sagging Support, Keeps Key Ministers
The reshuffle is expected to keep Satsuki Katayama and other key ministers in place as Takaichi seeks support for major spending plans.
- On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled her reshuffled Cabinet, retaining Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to maintain stability ahead of upcoming parliamentary debates.
- Support for Takaichi's Cabinet has slipped from around 70 percent in recent months as she prioritizes policy continuity to lay groundwork for next year's leadership race, economist Takahide Kiuchi said.
- Expanding the coalition, the administration will appoint JIP Secretary-General Nakatsuka Hiroshi to the Cabinet for the first time, marking the Japan Innovation Party's first ministerial post in government.
- Economic Revitalization Minister Minoru Kiuchi will remain in his post, signaling no intention to rein in spending plans despite market scrutiny over Takaichi's $256.1 billion bond issuance cap.
- Opposition parties are expected to grill the government during an extraordinary parliamentary session starting in October over funding legislation for a two-year tax cut on food items.
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(Updated with Prime Minister's statements) Tokyo, Sept. 17, (EFE).- Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, restructured her cabinet on Thursday but kept key portfolio chiefs such as Finance, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in a remodelling of its executive branch, seeking to boost its fiscal expansion policies. [...] Entry Japan's Prime Minister restructures her cabinet but maintains key ministers was first published in HolaNews.
The Japanese Prime Ministers regularly reshuffled their government in order to renew the image of the executive to the public and to divide ministerial portfolios between loyal supporters and experienced parliamentarians of the same party. Ms. Takaichi, who enjoys high popularity, nevertheless wanted to retain the hard core of her team in order to display the continuity of his policy, according to observers. The government's secretary-general an…
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi reshuffles Cabinet but keeps key US-facing ministers
Sanae Takaichi reshuffled her Cabinet but kept Japan's main foreign, defence and economic ministers in place. The move aims to steady her falling support and brace for mounting pressure from Washington.
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