Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe is expected to name new leadership of the ruling party and reshuffle his Cabinet on Monday, after a grave defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the upper house election in July.
According to Kyodo News, the new party leadership will probably be announced on Monday morning at a party General Council meeting. Foreign Minister Taro Aso is likely to be secretary general of the LDP, the party's No. 2 after LDP president Abe himself. Taro reportedly accepted the offer on telephone on Sunday.
The revamping of Cabinet is expected to begin in the afternoon and be officially announced in the evening, according to local media reports.
In the new Cabinet lineup, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, the only member from the ruling coalition New Komeito Party, is likely to remain as land, infrastructure and transport minister, Kyodo News said. Senior lawmakers from the ruling party such as former foreign ministers Nobutaka Machimura and Masahiko Komura and LDP policy chief Shoichi Nakagawa may enter the new Cabinet, the report said.
Following the LDP's failure to retain majority in the House of Councilors after the election last month, Abe said he would reshuffle the Cabinet and the ruling party leadership in August.
Source: Xinhua
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