According to Japan's Fuji News Network on October 7, the newly elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Takayoshi Higashikata, officially decided on the appointments of several major senior positions within the party at the LDP's emergency general affairs meeting that day: Taro Aso as vice president, Shunichi Suzuki as secretary-general, Jiko Arimura as general secretary, Takanori Kobayashi as policy research chairman, Keiji Furuya as election strategy committee chairman, Yoshitaka Nishibori as head of the organizational movement, and Takako Suzuki as head of the publicity department.

Notably, as the "only faction leader" within the current LDP, Taro Aso instructed members to support Takayoshi Higashikata in the final vote during the LDP president election. This is widely considered one of the key factors in Higashikata's election as the LDP president.

Takayoshi Higashikata and several LDP high-ranking officials appointed to important positions, Fuji News Network

According to the introduction, Taro Aso was born in September 1940. He served as the president of the LDP and the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan from September 2008 to September 2009, and later resigned after the LDP lost in the House of Representatives election. Afterward, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Minister for Financial Affairs in the Abe Shinzo cabinet; as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Suga Yoshihide cabinet; and as Vice President of the LDP during the tenure of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and LDP President.

When the LDP was exposed to a "black money" scandal and various factions announced their dissolution, the "Shikōkai" (commonly known as the "Aso faction") led by Taro Aso remained intact and has continued to this day. In September 2024, after losing the LDP president election to Ishiba Shigeru, Aso served as the LDP's highest advisor until being reappointed as the LDP vice president this time.

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