Profiles of Japan PM Kishida’s Cabinet Members
Here are the profiles of members of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet:
Diplomatic career highlights of new PM Kishida
Fumio Kishida. (Kyodo)
Fumio Kishida, Japan's new prime minister, helped realize the 2016 visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to atomic-bombed Hiroshima, his constituency, and struck the 2015 agreement with South Korea to resolve the issue of wartime comfort women during his tenure as foreign minister of over four and half years.
Having been defeated last year in the previous Liberal Democratic Party presidential race by former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Kishida, 64, reached out to people in rural areas and pledged to tackle the economic disparities that exist in Japanese society.
The third-generation lawmaker heads a major faction in the ruling party that produced four prime ministers before him.
Motegi led Japan's efforts to donate COVID-19 vaccines
Toshimitsu Motegi. (Kyodo)
Toshimitsu Motegi, retained as foreign minister, is known as a policy expert well-versed in economic and foreign policy and led Japan's efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan and Southeast Asian nations.
The 65-year-old House of Representatives lawmakers led talks to strike a bilateral trade deal with the United States and conclude the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-member regional free trade agreement.
Currently, in his ninth term, Motegi had a diverse career before winning a lower house seat for the first time in 1993, with stints at trading house Marubeni Corp., at the Yomiuri Shimbun daily as a political news reporter, and at McKinsey & Co. as a consultant.
New government spokesman Matsuno is well-versed in education issues
Hirokazu Matsuno. (Kyodo)
Mild-mannered Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan's new chief Cabinet secretary, has spent much of his life working on education issues, as well as promoting the enhanced status of women and equal opportunities in society.
The 59-year-old former education minister belongs to the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda. He is known for his close ties with former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The Chiba Prefecture native was elected, at his second attempt, to the House of Representatives in 2000. He previously worked at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, known as an incubator for young people aspiring to pursue a political career.
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Published Date: 10/04/21
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