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TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to appoint Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda to an outside cabinet post as he retains his current finance and foreign ministers in a reshuffle scheduled for this week, media reported.
Koichi Hagiuda, the minister of economy, industry and industry, is expected to be named chairman of the ruling party’s policy studies committee, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday, without saying where the data was provided to him.
Hagiuda is a member of the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which was once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead last month. Hagiuda’s appointment is aimed at showing the importance of this policy of faction defense and assistance. , said the Yomiuri.
The sooner-than-expected reorganization comes as Kishida’s management faces increasing public scrutiny of dating between the Unification Church organization and ruling party lawmakers, Abe added.
One of Kishida’s advisers, Minoru Terada, and space lawmaker Naoki Okada are expected to be appointed to the cabinet for the first time, the Yomiuri said.
Kishida, who is facing his lowest point since taking office in October, is also expected to retain Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. He also did not specify where he received the information from.
Kishida also intends to stay with Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and Hirokazu Matsuno, the leading cabinet secretary, he said, other media outlets have said in the past that those two are very likely to remain.
Kishida said over the weekend that he would rearrange his closet to deal with issues such as COVID-19 infections.
The Jiji news agency reported on Friday that Suzuki, the finance minister, would be detained. The Yomiuri newspaper had reported in the past that Kishida would likely update Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi because of his health issues. (Reporting through David Dolan; Editing through Sam Holmes and Stephen Coates)