At 22: 00 local time on the 21st, the new Japanese Prime Minister sanae takaichi held his first press conference after taking office.
At the meeting, she pointed out that political stability depends on strong economic policies and foreign security policies. At the same time, takaichi sanae apologized for the long-term political gap, and apologized to the Japanese people for the long time it took to form the new cabinet. She also said that she would safeguard Japan's national interests with strong economic measures.
Earlier in the day, takaichi sanae won the nomination election of prime ministers in both the House of Representatives and the Senate of the provisional parliament, and officially became the 104th Prime Minister of Japan.
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Takashi Takashi formed a new cabinet on the evening of the 21st, marking the official launch of the ruling coalition formed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Reform Association.
There are 19 members in the new cabinet, including Takaichi himself, of whom 10 have joined the cabinet for the first time, and there are 3 female members. Japan's Asahi Shimbun pointed out that there are no politicians related to the "black gold" scandal in the new cabinet.
In the main post, Takaichi appointed Kihara Minoru, a conservative with similar political ideas and former defense minister, as the Chief Cabinet Secretary. Former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Toshimitsu Motegi, former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi Shinjiro and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Lin Fangzheng served as Foreign Minister, Defense Minister and General Affairs Minister respectively. They had previously competed with Takaichi in the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party. Public opinion believes that Gaoshi's move is intended to take into account the balance of factions and valves within the party and promote internal unity, so as to consolidate its ruling foundation.
In response to the current issue of foreign policy with high social concerns, in the cooperation agreement signed by the Democratic Party and the People's Republic of China on 20 December, it was proposed to set up ministers responsible for coordinating and managing related affairs. Senator Xiao Tzu, who was appointed for the first time to the Cabinet by the High Commissioner, served as Foreign Policy Minister while serving as the Minister for Economic Security. He was one of the conservative representatives who had close relations with the High Commissioner. Japanese media noted that given the gathering of several conservatives in the cabinet, the new cabinet as a whole showed a strong conservative colour.
The Reform Association, which is in power jointly with the Liberal Democratic Party, chose to participate in the operation of the political power in the form of "cooperation outside the cabinet", that is, its members will not enter the cabinet for the time being. According to Japanese media reports, the Liberal Democratic Party originally hoped to invite members of the Reform Association to join the cabinet, but the latter finally decided that only its parliamentary countermeasure committee member Endo Kei would serve as the assistant officer of the Prime Minister to maintain the cooperative relationship at the policy level.
Sources: CCTV News, Xinhua Agency