Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen his new cabinet, reappointing key economic ministers but replacing his defence and foreign ministers in a sweeping reshuffle, the top government spokesman said on Thursday.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen his new cabinet, reappointing key economic ministers but replacing his defence and foreign ministers in a sweeping reshuffle, the top government spokesman said on Thursday.
Abe re-appointed Taro Aso as finance minister, top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga, who will also remain in his job, told a news conference.
Itsunori Onodera, a former defence chief, is to return to the defence ministry – rocked by the resignation last week of close Abe political ally Tomomi Inada.
Taro Kono, the son of a former foreign minister, will become the country’s new top diplomat.
