Takaichi to announce next LDP leadership, Cabinet shakeup

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae says she is set to name the next executive lineup of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday and will reshuffle her Cabinet on the following day.

Takaichi announced the schedule at the party's executive meeting on Tuesday morning for the personnel appointments aimed at helping her government commit all its resources toward implementing its key policies.

She said her government has consistently made decisive choices and undertaken challenges to build a strong and prosperous Japan, driven by the conviction that its true mission is to realize the major policy shifts pledged in the last Lower House election.

She added that, while the government put top priority on dealing with rising prices, it drew up growth strategies, regional future development plans and basic economic policies through responsible and proactive fiscal policy. She said the government will work to flesh out those plans.

In the fields of diplomacy and defense, she said she will promote the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, updating the country's three key national security documents and strengthening intelligence under the National Intelligence Bureau.

Takaichi stated that the government must strengthen its policy implementation until the Japanese people truly feel prosperous and secure.