“No decisions have been made yet on whether to release a new statement,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said ... Koizumi on the 60th and Shinzo Abe on the 70th.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to appoint Yoshimasa Hayashi ... Kishida, who served as foreign minister in the Abe administration, will formally name Hayashi to the post when he announces ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida settled for Yoshimasa Hayashi to replace Hirokazu ... Matsuno was one of four Cabinet ministers from the scandal-hit Abe faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic ...