Japan’s PM plans to reshuffle government in September

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to reshuffle the government and leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the first half of September, Report informs referring to the Yomiuri newspaper, citing government sources.

According to the preliminary schedule, changes in the composition of the Cabinet and the LDP will take place September 11-13. Due to the reshuffle, the authorities expect to change the trend towards a decrease in the level of support for the government’s policy from the population.

At the same time, as expected, key ministers, as well as Secretary General of the Cabinet Hirokazu Matsuno will retain their posts.

The authorities of Japan in the process of combining the functions of an identity card and health insurance in one plastic card faced many problems, including leakage of personal data. This caused an extremely negative reaction among the local population and brought down the confidence rating of the government led by Fumio Kishida. According to the latest polls, support for the country’s government has fallen to 30%, while disapproval has risen to over 50%.