On Wednesday, 10 August, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced a new lineup for his cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. Most notably about this reshuffle, of course, was its timing: although Kishida had indicated after last month’s upper house elections that he would announce a new team in late August or early September, he unexpectedly announced last week that he would accelerate the timetable for a reshuffle to 10 August.
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