The government decided on June 27 to tap Shigeki Suzuki, 63, who hails from the now defunct Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, to replace retiring Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Mitsuru Yasuda, 61. The appointment will be officially announced in early July if it is approved at a cabinet meeting.

[Shigeki Suzuki] (Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications): Graduated from the University of Tokyo; joined the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 1981; served as Global ICT Strategy Bureau chief; Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination since June 2016; 63 years old; born in Kanagawa Prefecture.