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Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates

STORY: Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese Prime Minister's office 2. various of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his new cabinet members (courtesy of Japanese Prime Minister's official residence) 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday revamped his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as public support for the government is waning. The second cabinet reshuffle by Kishida since last year included changes to 13 out of 19 ministers, with 11 of them entering the cabinet for the first time. According to the lineup announced on Wednesday, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, among six current cabinet members, remained in their posts, as Kishida seeks to maintain stability in key positions

PSOE Campaign Closing Ceremony - Madrid

(L-R) The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, the President of the Government and candidate for re-election for the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, the Mayor of Getafe and Secretary General of the PSOE Getafe, Sara Hernández, and the Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños, during the PSOE's campaign closing event, at the La Alhóndiga sports center, July 21, 2023, in Getafe, Madrid, Spain. This is the last act of the PSOE's electoral campaign for the general elections next Sunday, July 23. The PSOE has chosen to close the campaign in Getafe, one of its strongholds in the south of Madrid where it managed to keep the mayoralty after the municipal elections of May 28. The leaders of the PSOE, Vox and Sumar, have coincided in the choice of Madrid for the last act of the campaign. Photo by Ricardo Rubio / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende talks with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009, before their talks. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Three Liberal Democratic Party members in this file photos -- (from L to R) Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister for science and technology, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto -- have expressed their willingness to run in the party's presidential election on Sept. 22 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. But the prospects of meeting the requirement for candidacy have not yet emerged. (Kyodo)

Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (L), new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Bunmei Ibuki, LDP's outgoing secretary general, shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed new executives in the LDP ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet. (Kyodo)

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day. (Kyodo)

Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), flanked by Defense Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano, sits for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office Sept. 25 in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet ministers resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)

:Premier-to-be Fukuda names senior LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Yasuo Fukuda poses with the new lineup of top LDP executives he appointed on Sept. 24. From L to R: Masaaki Yamazaki, secretary general of the LDP House of Councillors caucus; Makoto Koga, chairman of the LDP election strategy committee; Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general; Fukuda; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; Sadakazu Tanigaki, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council; and Hidehisa Otsuji, head of the LDP House of Councillors caucus. Fukuda is expected to be elected prime minister by parliament on Sept. 25 as the LDP controls the House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

Emperor bestows spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) bestows the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Hirohiko Oshima, adviser of Chunichi Shimbun Co., in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on May 8, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L, background) attending. Five other recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, along with three recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, also received the spring government decorations from the emperor. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Abe's Cabinet inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R in front row) and members of his Cabinet pose for a photo fter attending an Imperial attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

Noda joins Obuchi's coalition cabinet

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