New ministers of justice and economics have been appointed in Japan

The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe appointed new ministers who will take the places of the retired Yuko School and Midori Matsusima. According to Bloomberg , Ekamikawa became the new Minister of Justice, and Eti Miyazava was appointed Minister of Economics, Trade and Industry. Emperor Akihito on Tuesday approved their candidates.

A member of the ruling liberal-democratic party of Japan (LDP) 64-year-old Eiti Miyazava, who served in the Ministry of Finance for many years, first received a post in the government of the country, TASS notes. He comes from a family of hereditary politicians-his uncle Kiiti Miyazava served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993, and his father Hiroshi Miyazava was the governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture from 1973 to 1981, and also acted as the Minister of Justice in 1995-1996.

The Minister of Economics, Trade and Industry plays a key role in the issue of resuming the work of the Japanese nuclear power plants, stopped after the accident at Fukushima-1 in the spring of 2011, but Eti Miyazava has not yet indicated his position on this issue.

61-year-old Eko Kamikawa, also a deputy of the LDP, already held the position of state minister on gender equality in 2007. Before that, she worked at Mitsubishi Research Institute and graduated from graduate school at Harvard University in the United States.

On Monday, in connection with charges of bribing voters, two members of the Japanese government - Minister of Economics, Trade and Industry Yuko School and Minister of Justice Midori Matsushima resigned at once. The departure from the posts of two key ministers dealt a powerful blow to the government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Experts fear that this can lead to new financial scandals and resignations.