Ex-wrestler, TV anchor to make Japan’s new Cabinet: reports
TOKYO - A former wrestler and television anchorwoman are expected to become part of Japan’s Cabinet on Wednesday, as part of a reshuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to keep most major portfolios the same.
Abe collected letters of resignation from ministers at a noon meeting, local media reported, ahead of a reshuffle that is expected to see about half the cabinet keep their posts for the run up to next year’s election. The premier has switched his focus back to the country’s flagging economy after expending political capital pushing unpopular security legislation which could see Japanese troops fighting abroad for the first time in 70 years.
With this in mind, multiple reports say Abe is scheduled to promote his Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, 59, to a newly created portfolio encouraging greater workforce participation.
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