He said he will cooperate with President Joe Biden in resolving North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Kishida said he is open to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions to resolve the issue of Japanese citizens abducted to the North decades ago. Kishida created a new Cabinet post aimed at tackling the economic dimensions of Japan's national security, appointing 46-year-old Takayuki Kobayashi, who is relatively new to parliament.įinance Minister Taro Aso was shifted to a top party post and replaced by his 68-year-old relative, Shunichi Suzuki. Kishida acknowledged the importance to continue dialogue with China, an important neighbor and trade partner, but said that “we must speak up” against China's attempt to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas. He pledged to beef up Japan's missile and naval defense capability. security ties and partnerships with other like-minded democracies in Asia, Europe and Britain, in part to counter China and nuclear-armed North Korea. Another woman, Noriko Horiuchi, became vaccinations minister, replacing Taro Kono, the runner-up in the party leadership race.įoreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, who is former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's younger brother, were retained, ensuring continuity of Japan’s diplomacy and security policies as the country seeks to closely work with Washington under the bilateral security pact in the face of China’s rise and growing tensions in the region, including around Taiwan. Veteran female lawmaker Seiko Noda, one of four candidates who vied for the party leadership, became the minister in charge of the nation's declining birthrate and local revitalization. Only three women are included, up from two in Suga’s government. Most of the posts went to powerful factions that voted for Kishida in the party election. Kishida replaced all but two of Suga's 20 Cabinet members, and 13 will hold posts for the first time, according to the lineup announced by new Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno. His victory in last week's vote to replace Suga as the party's leader was seen as a choice for continuity and stability over change. A former foreign minister, Kishida, 64, used to be known as a moderate but turned hawkish on security and more conservative on gender equality and other issues, apparently to win over influential conservatives in his Liberal Democratic Party.

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