(From left to right) Wataru Takeshita, new head of the Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decision-making General Council, Masahiko Komura, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nikai Toshihiro, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, Fumio Kishida, Japan's outgoing Foreign Minister and the new head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, Ryu Shionoya, Japan's outgoing Education Minister and the new head of party's Election Strategy Committee, pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday appointed veteran allies close to him to key roles within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to help bolster historically low public support rates, while balancing factional influences within the party. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
