Early Cabinet Meeting and Disaster Management Agency Launch
Overview
The Chief Cabinet Secretary said personnel appointments were decided at an early Cabinet meeting. He also explained that the Disaster Management Agency was launched today under the Act on the Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, and announced the appointments of Goshi Hosono and others, as well as the end of Shoji Nishida’s concurrent post as a State Minister of the Cabinet Office. The certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace for the State Minister for Disaster Management is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. today, and the appointment letters for the Minister for Disaster Management and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Management are scheduled to be presented at 3:50 p.m.
Key points
- The Disaster Management Agency was launched following the entry into force of the Act on the Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency.
- Appointments accompanying the agency’s launch and the end of a concurrent post as State Minister of the Cabinet Office were decided.
- The certification ceremony and presentation of appointment letters are scheduled for this afternoon.
Overview
At the start of the press conference, the Chief Cabinet Secretary said he would address two matters and explained that personnel appointments had been decided at the early Cabinet meeting.
Details
Goshi Hosono, a Minister of State, was appointed Minister for Disaster Management; Michihito Kaneko, a member of the House of Councillors, was appointed State Minister for Disaster Management and State Minister of the Cabinet Office; and Yohei Onishi, a member of the House of Representatives, was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Management and Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office. Shoji Nishida, State Minister for Reconstruction and State Minister of the Cabinet Office, was relieved of his concurrent post as State Minister of the Cabinet Office. The certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace for the State Minister for Disaster Management is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. today, and the appointment letters for the Minister for Disaster Management and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Management are scheduled to be presented at 3:50 p.m.