Japan's Ruling Party Secretary General Likely to Stay on in Execs Reshuffle
Government sources said the reshuffle could keep Shunichi Suzuki in place and bring Japan Innovation Party members into key posts.
- On Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated she will likely retain Shunichi Suzuki as secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party following the LDP's landslide House election victory in February.
- Reappointing Suzuki, the brother-in-law of Prime Minister Taro Aso, helps Takaichi secure support from the influential faction leader. Aso's backing remains vital as Takaichi seeks reelection as LDP president next year.
- Takaichi plans to reshuffle her Cabinet as early as Sept 16, marking the first major overhaul since taking office last October. She intends to invite members of the Japan Innovation Party to take ministerial posts.
- The reshuffles will follow government approval of a tax reform plan cutting consumption tax on food and beverages from 8 percent to 1 percent over two years, ahead of an extraordinary Diet session this fall.
- Takaichi approaches a critical inflection point in her tenure after a high-profile slush fund scandal in late 2023 forced other LDP factions to disband. Annual Cabinet reshuffles under LDP-led governments aim to stabilize legislative priorities.
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (President of the Liberal Democratic Party) has decided on the 3rd to retain Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki in the cabinet reshuffle and party executive appointments to be held this month. The Prime Minister is also coordinating to retain Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara along with Suzuki, indicating her intention to continue to entrust these two key positions to the party…
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = Although Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is facing a crisis of rising prices and interest rates and is amidst a recent downward trend in approval ratings, the existing ...
Japan's ruling party secretary general likely to stay on in execs reshuffle
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is likely to retain Shunichi Suzuki as secretary general of her Liberal Democratic Party in a leadership reshuffle expected later this month, government sources said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Takaichi is expected to carry out her first cabinet reshuffle and party executive appointments in late September. Political journalist Katsuhiko Shimizu says, "Takaichi doesn't currently have the power to wage an all-out war against Aso, the most powerful figure in the Liberal Democratic Party. However, there are voices within the party saying that she should demonstrate through these personnel changes that she has broken away fro…
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