Japan foreign minister Motegi to become ruling party No. 2

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday tapped Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to take the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's No. 2 post of secretary general.Kishida is set to relaunch his Cabinet after parliament convenes a special session on Nov. 10 and is expected to choose Motegi's replacement as foreign minister by then. One candidate is former education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, according to a person familiar with the matter.Akira Amari assumed the role of LDP secretary general only a month ago but offered to resign following his shock defeat in a single-seat district in S…READ FULL ARTICLE