On the night of the 12th, former Prime Minister Suga of the Liberal Democratic Party met with three ministers who served as ministers in his own cabinet, including Chairman Hagiuda, and exchanged opinions on issues that the Kishida administration is working on, such as measures against the declining birthrate.
On the night of the 12th, former Prime Minister Suga met with three people, Chairman Hagiuda, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Kato, and former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda, for about two hours while eating at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo.
According to people involved, at the meeting, in addition to the challenges the Kishida administration is tackling, such as countermeasures against the declining birthrate and Japan-South Korea relations, they exchanged views on candidate adjustments due to the "10 increase by 10" single-seat constituencies in the House of Representatives election. about it.
Mr. Hagiuda, Mr. Kato, and Mr. Takeda supported Mr. Suga as ministers in the Suga Cabinet.
It seems that attention will be paid to whether Mr. Suga, who keeps a distance from Prime Minister Kishida, will strengthen cooperation with the three in the future.