Prospective Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida plans to create a new ministerial post for economic security, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Kishida, who will launch his cabinet after being elected prime minister in an extraordinary Diet session Monday, is also considering appointing a prime ministerial advisor on the issue, the sources said, Kyodo News said.
It was not immediately known who will take up the post, but the new minister is expected to craft a national strategy designed to block a technology drain from the country.
Kishida plans to offer ministerial posts to education minister Koichi Hagiuda and justice minister Yoko Kamikawa, both senior lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in the new cabinet, according to political sources.
Kishida, who is on course to take up the premiership after winning the LDP presidential election last week, also plans to retain transport minister Kazuyoshi Akaba, a lawmaker belonging to Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner, the sources said.
Separately, Kishida is considering giving ministerial posts to five LDP lawmakers -- Satoshi Ninoyu, Kozaburo Nishime, Shinsuke Suematsu, Yasushi Kaneko and Shigeyuki Goto.
The new LDP chief also plans to name Daishiro Yamagiwa, a former deputy trade minister, as either economic or fiscal policy minister or minister of economy, trade and industry.
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