Japanese cabinet reshuffle reflects political changes
2022-08-12
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida conducted a "lightning" personnel reshuffle of the cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party on the 10th. Analysts pointed out that Kishida put the right-wing conservative forces once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the personnel reshuffle, and announced a tough foreign policy at the press conference, showing an obvious posture of "emphasizing security and ignoring people's livelihood". However, as soon as the new cabinet was unveiled, it was revealed that there were many new cabinet members who had all kinds of interactions with the religious groups in question. At the same time, many challenges such as COVID-19 and economic recovery are still serious, and the new cabinet of Kishida is full of hidden dangers. After the LDP's victory in the Senate election in July, the Japanese political circles and the media originally speculated that Kishida would reorganize the cabinet and the leadership of the LDP in September as usual. However, on August 5, Kishida suddenly decided to complete the personnel reorganization that month. From this personnel arrangement, Kishida maintained the "skeleton" of the regime and retained some key positions, including Chief Cabinet Secretary hiroichi Matsuno, foreign minister Lin Fangzheng, vice president Taro Aso of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Secretary General minchong MaoMu. On the whole, however, the personnel adjustment this time is quite large. Only 5 of the 19 cabinet members other than Yasuda remain in office, 5 have served as cabinet members, and the remaining 9 have been appointed to the cabinet for the first time. Judging from the factional origins of the candidates for the cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, the seven factional and parliamentary groups of the Liberal Democratic Party and the non factional parliamentarians are all involved. According to the Japanese media, Ishida has considered the balance within the party and tried to mobilize various forces within the LDP to deal with the various difficulties currently facing. The Kishida faction led by Kishida is only the fourth largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Previously, it has been working with the second MaoMu faction and the third ASO faction in the party to check and balance the largest faction in the party, the Abe faction. After Abe was killed in an attack in early July, the Abe faction has become a leader. Therefore, how Kishida treats the Abe faction in this personnel reorganization has become the focus of public opinion. As a result, four members of the Abe faction entered the new cabinet, ranking the most with the ASO faction. Although the new minister in charge of economic security, Takashi Zaomiao, has no faction, he has received strong support from Abe. Although Nobuo Kishi, the former defense minister and Abe's younger brother, did not stay in the cabinet, he was appointed as the prime minister's assistant in charge of security. Koichi Hagi, Abe's other heartthrob, was transferred from the Minister of economy, trade and industry to the chairman of the political affairs investigation committee of the Liberal Democratic Party. Analysts believe that from the above personnel arrangements, Kishida is eager to win over and appease the pacifist forces to avoid hindering his long-term governance. However, this will enable the Abe faction to have an important voice in the cabinet and the LDP, and Kishida's administration will continue to be restricted by Abe's line. Focusing on security and neglecting people's livelihood, Yasuda has not only put the right-wing conservative Abe force into important position, but also made policy statements at the press conference after the formation of the cabinet full of "hawkish" color. Kishida characterized the new cabinet as a cabinet capable of responding to the "emergency" situation and resolutely implementing policies. The word "something" in Japanese generally refers to the crisis related to war and armed conflict in the political context. At the press conference, Kishida chose to first introduce the new defense minister, yasuichi Hamada, and said that fundamentally strengthening the defense capability is the most important task of the new cabinet in the year; Then he introduced Gao shizaomiao, minister in charge of economic security, saying that the new cabinet would promote the implementation of economic security
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:Xinhua
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