Japan: The new government led by Prime Minister Kishida has taken office

Prime Minister of Japan, fumio kishida, officially assumed the post of head of government, faced the twin challenge of keeping the COVID-19 pandemic under control and restarting the national economy. After officially launching the new government, the Japanese Prime Minister announced that general elections would be held in Japan on 31 October. “We need to fight the coronavirus and bring social and economic activities back to normal. We have to build a new economy, a new lifestyle, a new era. I want to work with the people towards this goal,” the Prime Minister said at the first press conference after the inauguration. “I will regain the trust of the people, which is the foundation of democracy.” 13 of the new Japanese government’s 20 ministers have never held ministerial positions before, but the most important portfolios have been assigned to figures such as Kishida who are close to former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Premiere, in particular, reaffirmed toshimitsu motegi At the top of the Ministry of External Affairs e nobuo kishio, Abe’s younger brother, in the Defense Ministry.

Kishida has decided to appoint Conservative MP Shunichi Suzuki as finance minister. 68 year old suzuki, who has already headed the environment ministry in the past, takes over from 81-year-old Taro Aso, who took over as the Liberal Democratic Party’s vice-president in the context of a party leadership reshuffle. . Akira Amari, 72, former chairman of the party’s Tax System Research Commission, has assumed the position of general secretary that was previously held by Toshihiro Nikai. Former Interior and Communications Minister Sane Takachi, who, like Kishida, is close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was chaired by the party’s Research Council. 54-year-old Tatsuo Fukuda – the son and grandson of former prime ministers – has become the chairman of the general council of the PLD, the party’s main decision-making body. Hirokazu Matsuno, 59, has been appointed chief cabinet secretary and spokesperson of the next executive committee.

japanese premiere Over the next few days it was decided to dissolve the Lower House of Diet., and to set the next general election for the end of the legislature on 31 October. The decision refutes rumors about a possible postponement of voting on 7 or 14 November to reconcile the election campaign with the prime minister’s international commitments. Kishida’s decision seems to be aimed at making the most of the unanimous “honeymoon” that usually accompanies the installation of a new executive, at least partly by the Liberal Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. To fill the fall in consensus. . Kishida could also capitalize on the impact of the removal of the pandemic status on 30 September.

Decision to predict elections means absence of Kishida at G20 summit, Scheduled on 30 and 31 October in Rome. In recent days, sources in the “Kyodo” news agency had instead speculated the presence of the premier at the event, while from the outset Kishida seemed unwilling to participate in the upcoming United Nations climate talks, which will be held. Glasgow in Scotland on 31 October. Over the weekend, a meeting envisages between Kishida and the president of United States Joe Biden Other than G20.

Former Foreign Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 29 September, winning an absolute majority of MPs and representatives of the first Japanese party in the second round. Kishida, 64, got the better of Taro Kono, the minister in charge of administrative reform and the vaccination campaign, who for weeks topped opinion polls by the media and opinion polls. However, Kishida won the support of a majority of the party’s 382 MPs and its 1.1 million members. Kishida’s liberal wing exponent Liberal Democratic Party, a profile that is reflected in his posts on key issues such as nuclear energy and foreign policy.

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