Japan's new Prime Minister reorganizes Web3 and cryptocurrency policy-making departments


On January 29th, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba restructured the ruling party's Web3 and cryptocurrency policy-making departments. According to Digital Minister Akira Hirata's announcement at a forum on November 27th, the Liberal Democratic Party will dissolve the existing Web3 Project Team (PT) and instead establish a specialized agency within the party's Digital Society Promotion Department, led by former Web3 PT Secretary General Akihisa Iwasaki.