Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will fill key party posts on Monday followed by a new Cabinet on Tuesday as he tries to unite a party split by one of its closest ever leadership races ahead of a likely snap general election.

Japan’s next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is set to name party veterans to senior posts in his cabinet as he broadly pursues continuity in economic, monetary and foreign policy, and prepares for an expected early general election.

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba was elected by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Friday as its leader and, de facto, the next prime minister.