外相に林芳正氏起用　首相意向、岸田派の実力者

　岸田文雄首相は６日、外相に林芳正・元文部科学相を起用する方針を固めた。外相だった茂木敏充氏の自民党幹事長就任に伴い首相が４日から外相を兼務しており、１０日の第２次岸田内閣発足に合わせて任命する。
　林氏は首相率いる岸田派ナンバー２の座長。２０１２年の党総裁選に出馬した経験もあり、派内には首相候補として期待する声がある。１９９５年の参院選で初当選し、５回連続当選。１０月の衆院選で山口３区からくら替え出馬し当選した。防衛相、農林水産相、文科相などを歴任した政策通として知られる。（2021/11/06-10:08）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday decided to appoint former education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as foreign minister, sources said.
   Kishida is concurrently serving as foreign minister from Thursday, when Toshimitsu Motegi left the post to become secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   The appointment of Hayashi is slated to take effect Wednesday, when Kishida will form a new cabinet.
   Hayashi, the No. 2 member of the LDP faction led by Kishida, ran in the party's leadership race in 2012. Some faction members want Hayashi to become prime minister.
   Hayashi was elected to the Diet, Japan's parliament, for the first time in the 1995 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber. He won an Upper House seat for five straight times.