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Shinzo Abe (Front C), leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses for photos with members of a new cabinet in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on Nov. 26, 2012. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday announced members of a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who just claimed the post in a special session of the Diet.
In the new cabinet, Former Prime Minister Taro Aso took posts of vice prime minister, financial minister and financial services minister, while former President of the Liberal Democratic Party Tanigaki Sadakazu was appointed as the new justice minister.
Fumio Kishida took the post of foreign minister, while Itsunori Onodera became new defense minister.
Ota Akihiro, a member of the New Komeito Party, became the new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister and Hayashi Yoshimasa was new agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister.
Akira Amari took the post of minister for Japan's economic revitalization and the new economy, trade and industry minister was Toshimitsu Motegi.
Nobuteru Ishihara became Japan's new nuclear minister.
Suga said the priority for the new government is to revive the country's economy.
Shinzo Abe (R) walks into the prime minister's residence in Tokyo Dec. 26, 2012. Shinzo Abe, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as Japan's new prime minister in a special session of the Diet (parliament) on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki)
Shinzo Abe, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected Japan's new prime minister in a special session of the Diet on Wednesday.
The LDP returned to power by winning a landslide victory in the lower house election on Dec. 16 and put an end to the three-year rule of the DPJ.
Abe, who held the premier post from 2006 to 2007, will unveil his new coalition government formed by the LDP and the New Komeito Party which hold 325 seats in the more powerful lower house.
