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After 7 years and 8 months, a new prime minister was born in Japan.
The 99th Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will lead Japan in the future with the new cabinet.
Learn about the face of the new cabinet and the challenges that lie ahead. Correspondent Lee Kyung-ah!
The nomination vote for prime minister held today in the Japanese National Assembly was a great victory, right?
[기자]Yes. The new Prime Minister Suga was officially elected Prime Minister with 68% of the votes from the House of Representatives and 59% from the House of Councilors.
Today, the nomination vote for the National Assembly began at 1 p.m., passed through the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors, and the result was shortly after 2 in the afternoon.
It was a historic moment when the face of Japanese politics changed in 7 years and 8 months.
The new Prime Minister Suga received a letter of appointment from the Emperor and began official business.
After a while, the first press conference as prime minister will be held at 7 p.m., and after revealing the plans for the future state administration, the first ministerial meeting with new cabinet members is also scheduled.
[앵커]The list of new cabinets was also released this afternoon.
Are there enough ministers who have served in Abe’s cabinet so far?
[기자]So is.
This morning, Abe’s cabinet resigned and a new cabinet was inaugurated following the election of a new prime minister.
More than half of the 20 new members of Cabinet 11 have worked in Abe’s cabinet.
So, I resigned this morning and took office again in the afternoon.
In a specific aspect, important ministries such as Aso Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi were retained.
The Minister of the Environment, Koizumi, and the Minister of Economy and Regeneration, Nishimura, who is in charge of countermeasures against Corona 19, also stayed.
Three members, including Minister of Justice Kato, who stands out as the second leader of the cabinet, and Minister of Administrative Reform Kono, who served as Minister of Defense, have moved.
As so many people remained in their posts, the new ones were left with five people, including Prime Minister Abe’s younger brother, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi.
Furthermore, there were only two female ministers, 10% of the 20 ministers.
[앵커]As for the new cabinet staff, Prime Minister Suga has announced that he will use a reformer.
The results are quite different, right?
[기자]Yes. At a press conference on the 14th, Prime Minister Suga emphasized that he would appoint a reformer and create a cabinet that works for the people.
However, looking from the side of this first cabinet, the intention to succeed Abe’s cabinet and manage state affairs in a stable manner is evident.
It seems difficult to avoid criticism of Inseon, which is far from the new politics and not fresh.
Furthermore, it is notable that the members of the 7 factions of the party were organized by faction.
He seems to have paid a lot of attention to weight, such as handing over the top five ministerial posts to Hosodapa, the largest faction in the party to which Prime Minister Abe belongs.
Yesterday, Liberal Democratic Party officials evenly distributed one of the main offices among the five factions that supported it.
In particular, the average age of each of the four seasons is 71, with Secretary Nikai 81 years old.
In response to this, along with criticism of ‘seat sharing’, mainly on the internet, there are also lamentations about how long Japan should stay on such ‘elder policy’.
The key to managing state affairs is expected to be whether the new Prime Minister Suga will be brought over to the main faction that appointed him Prime Minister or whether he will be led by himself.
I’m Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.
