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Japanese PM to temporarily head Foreign Ministry: Reports

Tokyo, Nov 4 (UNI/Sputnik) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that he would immediately begin implementing the previously announced political course and would personally head the country's Foreign Ministry until the next government is approved, Kyodo News reported on Thursday.
"Since I have gained the people's mandate through the general election, I now plan to speedily implement policies," the agency quoted Kishida as saying.
The prime minister also reportedly announced his intention to double as foreign minister in case Toshimitsu Motegi, the country's acting foreign minister, would be appointed to the post of secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Kishida will act as foreign minister until the composition of the new cabinet of ministers is approved, Kyodo News says.
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