In Takaichi's reshuffled cabinet, five ministers were appointed to the top positions of their home ministries, emphasizing expertise and executive ability.

In the second Takaichi reshuffled cabinet, a total of five ministers, including Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, who remained in office, assumed top positions in their home ministries. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained, ``We carefully examined the expert knowledge and emphasized the ability to execute.'' There is a view within the Liberal Democratic Party that ``the prime minister is not good at answering questions in the Diet,'' (according to a source), and there are likely expectations for him to play a supporting role.

"I'm back here. I'm more than honored and grateful." Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Hisayuki Fujii, who joined the former Ministry of Home Affairs (currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) in 1995, expressed his joy at the ceremony to replace the old and new ministers held at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 18th.

Other members of the reshuffled cabinet include Takashi Yamashita, a former prosecutor, as Minister of Justice, Tatsunori Ibayashi, formerly of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Yasuhiro Hanashi, formerly of the National Police Agency, as Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission. The strength of these ministers is that they understand the relevant policies, problems of their ministries, and human relationships.

In his greetings to staff, Ibayashi referred to the former Ministry of Transport and the former Ministry of Construction, which were the predecessors of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and said, ``This is the word I hate the most. I don't want people to use it in the minister's office,'' and appealed for a break from the silo mentality. Fujii said on an NHK program on the 20th, ``It's better to work together. It's much easier.'' Mr. Yamashita and Hiroshi Morimoto, Vice-Minister of Justice, attended judicial training at the same time.

A source from the prime minister's office emphasized that the five ministers were ``sound personnel appointments.'' An LDP veteran said, ``He is an expert in that field.His answers are stable.''