The ministers appointed to the second Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori announced their priority tasks in separate press conferences Tuesday evening.
Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who has retained his post, restated his intention to successfully conclude the upcoming Okinawa Group of Eight summit as well as the G8 ministerial meetings in Fukuoka and Miyazaki.
"The government will strive to issue a message from Okinawa that compiles the result of summit discussions focusing on 21st-century challenges," Kono said.