According to TechFlow, the president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, plans to appoint members of the House of Representatives, Jonouchi Minoru and Taira Masaaki, to the cabinet in the next term. According to multiple sources, the arrangement is currently underway with Jonouchi Minoru serving as the Minister of Economic Security and Taira Masaaki as the Minister of Digital Economy.
Startale CEO Sota said on social media that Masaaki Taira, the former chairman of the Japanese government's web3 project, is likely to become the digital minister of the Japanese government next week. Sota welcomed this, saying that "the future of web3 in Japan is very bright! He (Taira) knows a lot about web3 and has been supporting the industry."