Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday a new ministerial post will be created for an initiative to better cope with pressing social issues such as a...
{"Image ImageDescription": "TOKYO, JAPAN - SEP. 25: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday a new ministerial post will be created for an initiative to better cope with pressing social issues such as a declining population and an aging society, as part of efforts to shore up Japan's economic growth. \"I want to make a fresh start to build (a society) in which we can take on the challenge to tackle the structural problem of a low birthrate and an aging population,\" Abe said, announcing at a press conference the creation of the new Cabinet post.      Abe made the announcement at the news conference to mark the end of the 245-day extended Diet session, the longest in postwar history, through Sunday, focusing on social welfare and economic issues that are close to home for the public amid declines in his Cabinet's support ratings after last week's enactment of controversial security legislation. Abe said he will appoint the new minister when he reshuffles his Cabinet after returning to Japan from his visit to New York and Jamaica for six days from Saturday to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold talks with other leaders. He said the new post will be established to help achieve his government's new goal of creating a society in which every citizen realizes his potential, as he pushes forward his new pillars of economic expansion, support for child-rearing and improved social security."}