abe is planning to bring yuko obuchi into the cabinet. she is a daughter of a former prime minister. she will likely take on the role of economy, trade and industry minister. the next several affairs and communications minister is expected to be --. yasuhisa shiozaki is being tapped as the health, labor, and welfare minister. he was in abe's first term in office. the science and technology policy minister is expected to be -- abe is planning to give akinori eto the new post of minister in charge of security administration. the next agricultural forestry and fin industry minister will likely be --. the abductions issue minister is expected to be --. she will be working on bringing home japanese nationals abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and 80s. and -- will likely be the environment minister. >>> the chief cabinet secretary announce the new line-up. the new cabinet will be launched in the evening at a ceremony. >>> and we just found out the latest. -- is expected to become the minister in charge of the empowerment of women. she

yuko obuchi is taking on economy and trade minister.ta is the only member of the cabinet from new komeito. he's staying on from land infrastructure, transport and tourism minister. akinori eto will be defense minister and picking up the new post of minister in charge of security legislation. the abduction issue minister yamatani is one of five women in cabinet. akira amari is staying on as economic revitalization minister and former ldp secretary-general ishiba is joining the cabinet. he assumed a new role of regional revitalization minister. >>> people in greece and the balkan peninsula are facing floods emerging from heavy rainfall. our meteorologist jonathan oh has the details in a world weather report. >> we are continuing to monitor the system that is continuing to bump a lot of rainfall over the balkan peninsula. you can see the spin and it's actually spinning on top of itself and not moving in any particular direction so you see the results in this particular video where a cutoff low pressure system continues to spin over greece,

abe's planning to yung yuk yuko obuchi into the cabinet, too, she is the daughter of former prime minister kaez kaezo obuhi. the next internal affairs and communications affairs minister worked as the ldp policy chief to coordinate opinions within the party on key policies including raising the consumption tax. shiozaki is the new wealth minister and served as chief cabinet secretary as abe's first term in office in 2006 to 2007. the science and technology policy minister is expected to be shuichi yamaguchi. he worked as senior vice minister for internal affairs and as senior vice minister for finance. abe's planning on making akinori eto his new defense minister, expected to serve in charge of minister in security legislation, working on revisions related to collective self-defense. the next agricultural forest and fisheries minister will likely be nishikawa. the abductions issue minister has expected to be yamatani. she's been actively working to bring home japanese nationals who were abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and '80s. she's been the chair of the ldp's policy board in