Tokyo:Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could partially reshuffle the acting government and party leadership in the first half of September, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday.
According to the report, the reshuffle of the Japanese cabinet was expected at the end of August; however, according to Buddhist traditions, 49 days are considered a period of mourning after a person's death and a burial ceremony takes place on the 49th day after the death, and August 25 is the 49th day after the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Moreover, Kishida is expected to attend the International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia from August 27-28, therefore the reshuffle in the government "would be difficult" during this period, Kyodo reported.
The reshuffle of the cabinet is not expected to affect Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, who represents the largest faction of the ruling party in Japan, led by Abe before his death. Moreover, Toshimitsu Motegi, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, and Taro Aso, the party's vice president, who also leads the second and third-largest factions of the party, will also not be affected by the reshuffle as Kishida requires their support to implement the course of "new capitalism," according to the report.(UNI/Sputnik)