TOKYO, Oct 4 — Japan’s incoming prime minister Fumio Kishida will formally take office yesterday, naming a government set to be heavy on allies of former prime minister Shinzo Abe and ensuring Abe’s conservative base will retain influence over the new cabinet.
As the face of the party, the 64-year-old will also lead it through a general election in the face of headwinds generated by criticism of outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s handling of the pandemic that has battered the LDP’s support ratings. The election must be held by November 28. Though 13 of the 20 positions will be filled by those with no prior experience of cabinet posts, in line with a Kishida pledge to give chances to new people ahead of the election, the heavyweight posts will go to allies of Abe or Taro Aso, the outgoing finance minister.
Hirokazu Matsuno, an education minister under Abe, will be named to the key chief cabinet secretary position, while current education minister and Abe ally Koichi Hagiuda is set to become trade and industry minister, the point person on energy policy.
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