Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe told his party's Upper House caucus chief Friday that he will allocate two posts when he forms his first Cabinet next week to members of the House of Councilors, keeping the same number as his predecessor, a senior LDP lawmaker said Friday.
Abe will finalize his party leadership lineup Monday afternoon, just before the Diet is expected to appoint him prime minister on Tuesday, the unidentified lawmaker said.
The request to include two Upper House LDP members in the Cabinet was made by caucus leader Mikio Aoki.