The governor of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yoshii Suga (71), was elected the 99th Prime Minister in the People’s Congress on the 16th. As successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (65), who resigned in the middle of his term due to illness, became the new government for the first time in 7 years and 8 months since December 2012. A new cabinet of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komei Party was established, but 15 people remained (including re-election), and 5 people, including the Reconstruction Minister Katsue Hirasawa (75 = second class) entered the cabinet for the first time. It became a face to inherit.

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Prime Minister Yoshii Suga announced his new determination at the inaugural meeting. In inheriting Abenomics, he championed the crown’s measures and economic revitalization as before, stating that he would “create a cabinet that works for the people.” On the other hand, regarding the “cherry blossom viewing party” that became a problem during the term of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he said: “I will cancel it from next year when I am prime minister.” The “Moritomo issue” was declared “a story that has come to a conclusion”, and refused to state that “within a year there will be general dissolution elections” for the general dissolution elections of the House of Representatives, where the october theory. The same calm and collected tone of when he was Secretary General oozes his will. He was looking forward with a stern gaze.

In the elections for the nomination of prime minister that day, Mr. Suga was nominated as prime minister with a majority of 314 votes out of a total of 462 votes in the lower house and a majority in the hospital. However, the new cabinet, which was born for the first time in 7 years and 8 months, has no freshness. It can be described as “Abeno Mamma Cabinet”. Fifteen people familiar with the Abe administration stayed (reassigned) and distributed them evenly among the five factions that supported Suga in the presidential elections, including the first five.

Two Kishida factions and one Ishibashi faction that fought in the presidential elections also entered the cabinet, and there is no damage to the party. There are no surprise staff like young people or private dates The average age of the ministers is 60.4 years. Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary general, expressed his discomfort and said: “There is no such thing as a faction that is said in the world.” The color is dark.

On the other hand, it seems to be Mr. Suga, a practitioner who inherits the Abe route, and although he is not flashy, it can be said that he has experienced people who have experience in running the administration of Corona, but he has no choice but to take a glance. Due to the crown, online shopping has increased and cardboard has increased in household waste. I moved to Tokyo just from Akita and worked in a cardboard factory, covered in dust and sweat. “The world is not the norm,” he witnessed and aspired to politics. I know the real world and the thoughts of ordinary people. People can wait for the new departure of the Minister of State.[Satoru Ogami]