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==Current Cabinet==
==Current Cabinet==
{{Main|Ishiba Cabinet}}
{{Main|Ishiba Cabinet}}
The current cabinet, led by the newly appointed Prime Minister [[Shigeru Ishiba]], and succeeded the [[Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)]]. Ishiba is currently in the process of forming his cabinet, following the [[2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election|2024 Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election]].

{{As of|2024|10|1|post=,}} the makeup of the current Cabinet is as follows:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=List of Ministers |url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/102_ishiba/meibo/daijin/index_e.html |access-date=3 October 2024 |website=[[Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei]] (Prime Minister's Office of Japan)}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"
! Portfolio
! Portrait
! colspan=3 | Minister
! Took office
! Constituency
|-
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Go-shichi no kiri crest 2.svg|50px]]<br>102nd Cabinet of Japan<br>[[Ishiba Cabinet]]
| colspan="8" style="background:#ccc;" |'''Cabinet ministers'''

|-
| colspan=6 | Color key: {{legend0|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend0|{{party color|Komeito}}|[[Komeito]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>{{small|MR: member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]], MC: member of the [[House of Councillors]], B: [[bureaucrat]]}}

|-
! colspan=3 scope="col" | Minister<br>{{Small|Constituency}}
! Office(s)
! Department
! Took Office

|-
! colspan=6 | Cabinet ministers

|-
|-
| [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Shigeru Ishiba 20240607.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| '''[[Shigeru Ishiba]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Shigeru Ishiba 20241002.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Shigeru Ishiba]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Tottori 1st district|Tottori 1st]]}}
| R
| [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Tottori 1st district|Tottori 1st]]
| [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|01|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Seiichiro Murakami cropped 1 Seiichiro Murakami 200409.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| '''[[Seiichiro Murakami]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Seiichiro Murakami cropped 1 Seiichiro Murakami 200409.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Seiichiro Murakami]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Ehime 2nd}}
| R
| [[Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]]
| Ehime 2nd
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Justice (Japan)|Minister of Justice]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Makihara hideki01.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Makihara hideki01.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Hideki Makihara]]'''
| '''[[Hideki Makihara]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Northern Kanto proportional representation block|Northern Kanto PR block]]}}
| R
| [[Minister of Justice (Japan)|Minister of Justice]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of Justice (Japan)|Ministry of Justice]]
| [[Northern Kanto proportional representation block|Northern Kanto PR block]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Takeshi Iwaya 20180629.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Takeshi Iwaya]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Ōita 3rd}}
| [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
| [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
| [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Takeshi Iwaya 20180629.jpg|frameless|103x103px]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Katsunobu Katō 20201017 (cropped).jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Takeshi Iwaya]]'''
| '''[[Katsunobu Katō]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Okayama 5th}}
| R
|[[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Minister of Finance]]<br>Minister of State for Financial Services<br>Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
| 1 October 2024
|[[Ministry of Finance (Japan)|Ministry of Finance]]<br>[[Financial Services Agency]]
| Oita 3rd
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Minister of Finance]]<br />[[Financial Services Agency|Minister of State for Financial Services]]<br />Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Katsunobu Katō 20201017 (cropped).jpg|frameless|103x103px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}"|
| '''[[Katsunobu Katō]]'''
| R
| 1 October 2024
| Okayama 5th
|-
| [[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Abe Toshiko (2018).png|frameless|104x104px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Abe Toshiko (2018).png|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Toshiko Abe]]'''
| '''[[Toshiko Abe]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Chūgoku proportional representation block|Chūgoku PR block]]}}
| R
|[[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]<br>Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
| 1 October 2024
|[[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]
| [[Chūgoku proportional representation block|Chūgoku PR block]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Fukuoka takamaro.jpg|frameless|98x98px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Fukuoka takamaro.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Takamaro Fukuoka]]'''
| '''[[Takamaro Fukuoka]]'''<br>{{Small|MC for [[Saga at-large district|Saga at-large]]}}
| C
| [[Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare]]
| [[Saga at-large district|Saga at-large]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Yasuhiro Ozato.jpg|frameless|103x103px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| '''[[Yasuhiro Ozato]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Yasuhiro Ozato.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Yasuhiro Ozato]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Kyushu proportional representation block|Kyushu PR block]]}}
| R
| [[Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]]
| [[Kyushu proportional representation block|Kyushu PR block]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry]]<br />Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:98 muto yoji.jpg|frameless|97x97px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:98 muto yoji.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Yoji Muto]]'''
| '''[[Yoji Muto]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Gifu 3rd district|Gifu 3rd]]}}
| R
| [[Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry]]<br>Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident<br>Minister for Green Transformation<br>Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness<br>Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]]
| [[Gifu 3rd district|Gifu 3rd]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]<br />Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy<br />Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition [[Yokohama]] [[2027]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Tetsuo Saito 20211004 (cropped).jpg|frameless|103x103px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
| '''[[Tetsuo Saito]]'''
| [[File:Tetsuo Saito 20211004 (cropped).jpg|alt=|75px]]
| scope="row" | '''[[Tetsuo Saito]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Hiroshima 3rd}}
| R
| [[Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]<br>Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy<br>Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition [[Yokohama]] [[2027]]
| 4 October 2021
| [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]
| Hiroshima 3rd
| {{Start date and age|2021|10|04|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Minister of the Environment (Japan)|Minister of the Environment]]<br />Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Keiichiro Asao 20230224 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| '''[[Keiichiro Asao]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Keiichiro Asao 20230224 (cropped).jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Keiichiro Asao]]'''<br>{{Small|MC for [[Kanagawa at-large district|Kanagawa at-large]]}}
| C
| [[Minister of the Environment (Japan)|Minister of the Environment]]<br>Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
| 1 October 2024
| [[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]]
| [[Kanagawa at-large district|Kanagawa at-large]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Nakatani Gen 2008.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Gen Nakatani]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Kōchi 1st district|Kōchi 1st]]}}
| [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Minister of Defense]]
| [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Minister of Defense]]
| [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Ministry of Defense]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Nakatani Gen 2008.jpg|frameless|99x99px]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| [[File:Yoshimasa Hayashi 20231222 (cropped).jpg|alt=|75px]]
|'''[[Gen Nakatani]]'''
| scope="row" | '''[[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Yamaguchi 3rd district|Yamaguchi 3rd]]}}
| R
| [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]<br>Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of [[United States Forces Japan|U.S. Forces in Okinawa]]<br>Minister in charge of the [[North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens|Abduction Issue]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Cabinet Secretariat (Japan)|Cabinet Secretariat]]<br>[[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| [[Kōchi 1st district|Kōchi 1st]]
| {{Start date and age|2023|12|14|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Yoshimasa Hayashi 20211118 (cropped).jpg|frameless|102x102px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Masaaki Taira 20071030.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]'''
| '''[[Masaaki Taira]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Tokyo 4th district|Tokyo 4th]]}}
| R
| Minister for Digital Transformation<br>Minister in charge of Administrative Reform<br>Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform<br>Minister in charge of Cybersecurity<br>Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
| 14 December 2023
| [[Digital Agency]]<br>[[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| [[Yamaguchi 3rd district|Yamaguchi 3rd]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
|[[Minister for Digital Transformation]]<br />Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reforms<br />Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision<br />Minister in charge of Administrative Reform<br />Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform<br />Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Masaaki Taira 20071030.jpg|frameless|110x110px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:98 itou tadahiko.jpg|frameless|75px]]
| '''[[Masaaki Taira]]'''
|'''[[Tadahiko Ito]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Aichi 8th district|Aichi 8th]]}}
| R
| [[Reconstruction Agency|Minister of Reconstruction]]<br />Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the [[Fukushima nuclear disaster|Nuclear Accident at Fukushima]]
| 1 October 2024
| [[Reconstruction Agency]]
| [[Tokyo 4th district|Tokyo 4th]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
|[[Reconstruction Agency|Minister of Reconstruction]]<br />Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the [[Fukushima nuclear disaster|Nuclear Accident at Fukushima]]
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:98 itou tadahiko.jpg|frameless|105x105px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}"|
|'''[[Tadahiko Ito]]'''
|R
|1 October 2024
| [[Aichi 8th district|Aichi 8th]]
|-
|Chairman of the [[National Public Safety Commission (Japan)|National Public Safety Commission]]<br />Minister in charge of Building National Resilience<br />Minister in charge of Territorial Issues<br />Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Manabu Sakai.jpg|frameless|101x101px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|'''[[Manabu Sakai]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Manabu Sakai.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Manabu Sakai]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Kanagawa 5th}}
|R
| Chairman of the [[National Public Safety Commission (Japan)|National Public Safety Commission]]<br />Minister in charge of Building National Resilience<br />Minister in charge of Territorial Issues<br />Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy
|1 October 2024
| [[National Public Safety Commission (Japan)|National Public Safety Commission]]<br>[[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| Kanagawa 5th
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| Minister of State for Policies Related to Children<br />Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate<br />Minister of State for Youth's Empowerment<br />Minister of State for Gender Equality<br />Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment<br />Minister in charge of Cohesive Society<br />Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Junko Mihara.jpg|frameless|115x115px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|'''[[Junko Mihara]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Junko Mihara.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Junko Mihara]]'''<br>{{Small|MC for [[Kanagawa at-large district|Kanagawa at-large]]}}
|C
| Minister of State for Policies Related to Children<br>Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate<br>Minister of State for Youth’s Empowerment<br>Minister of State for [[Gender equality|Gender Equality]]<br>Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society<br>Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment<br>Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
|1 October 2024
| Children and Families Agency<br>[[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| [[Kanagawa at-large district|Kanagawa at-large]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
|Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization<br />Minister in charge of New Capitalism<br />Minister in charge of Startups<br />Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management<br />Minister in charge of Social Security Reform<br />Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Ryosei Akazawa.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|'''[[Ryosei Akazawa]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Ryosei Akazawa.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Ryosei Akazawa]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Tottori 2nd district|Tottori 2nd]]}}
|R
|Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization<br>Minister in charge of New Capitalism<br>Minister in charge of Wage Increase<br>Minister in charge of Startups<br>Minister in charge of Social Security Reform<br>Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management<br>Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency<br>Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
|1 October 2024
| [[Tottori 2nd district|Tottori 2nd]]
| [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
|Minister in charge of Economic Security<br />Minister of State for "[[Cool Japan]]" Strategy<br />Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy<br />Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy<br />Minister of State for Space Policy<br />Minister of State for Economic Security
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Minoru Kiuchi portrait 2020.jpg|frameless|102x102px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|'''[[Minoru Kiuchi]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Minoru Kiuchi portrait 2020.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Minoru Kiuchi]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for Shizuoka 7th}}
|R
|Minister in charge of Economic Security<br />Minister of State for "[[Cool Japan]]" Strategy<br />Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy<br />Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy<br />Minister of State for Space Policy<br />Minister of State for Economic Security
|1 October 2024
| [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| Shizuoka 7th
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}

|-
|-
| Minister of State for [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] and [[Kuril Islands dispute|Northern Territories]] Affairs<br />Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety<br />Minister of State for Regional Revitalization<br />Minister of State for [[Ainu people|Ainu]]-Related Policies<br />Minister for the [[Expo 2025|World Expo 2025]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Ito yoshitaka.jpg|frameless|102x102px]]
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Ito yoshitaka.jpg|frameless|75px]]
|'''[[Yoshitaka Itō]]'''
|'''[[Yoshitaka Itō]]'''<br>{{Small|MR for [[Hokkaido 7th district|Hokkaido 7th]]}}
|R
| Minister of State for [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] and [[Kuril Islands dispute|Northern Territories]] Affairs<br />Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety<br />Minister of State for Regional Revitalization<br />Minister of State for [[Ainu people|Ainu]]-Related Policies<br />Minister in charge of the Creation of New Regional Economies and Living Environments<br>Minister for the [[Expo 2025|World Expo 2025]]
|1 October 2024
| [[Hokkaido 7th district|Hokkaido 7th]]
| [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]
| {{Start date and age|2024|10|1|df=yes|p=yes|br=yes}}
|}
|}


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Cabinet of Japan
内閣
Naikaku
The Government Seal of Japan

Prime Minister's Official Residence
Agency overview
Formed22 December 1885; 138 years ago (1885-12-22)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Japan
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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The Cabinet of Japan (Japanese: 内閣, Hepburn: Naikaku) is the chief executive body of the government of Japan. It consists of the prime minister, who is appointed by the emperor after being nominated by the National Diet, in addition to up to nineteen other members, called ministers of state.

The prime minister is nominated by the National Diet, while the remaining ministers are appointed and dismissed by the prime minister. The Cabinet is collectively responsible to the National Diet and must resign if a motion of no confidence is adopted by the National Diet.

Appointment

Under the Constitution of Japan, Cabinet ministers are appointed after the selection of the prime minister. A majority of the Cabinet, including the prime minister, must be members of the National Diet, and all members must be civilians. Under the Cabinet Law, the number of Cabinet ministers (excluding the prime minister) must be fourteen or less, but this may be increased to nineteen if a special need arises. If the Cabinet collectively resigns, it continues to exercise its functions until the appointment of a new prime minister. While they are in office, legal action may not be taken against Cabinet ministers without the consent of the prime minister. The Cabinet must resign en masse in the following circumstances:

  • When a motion of no confidence is adopted, or a vote of confidence defeated, by the House of Representatives, unless there is a dissolution of the house within ten days.
  • Upon the first convocation of the National Diet after a general election to the House of Representatives (even if the same prime minister is to be re-elected and appointed, and every other minister is to be reappointed).
  • When the position of prime minister becomes vacant, or the prime minister declares his intention to resign.

Powers

The Cabinet exercises two kinds of power. Some of its powers are nominally exercised by the Emperor with the binding "advice and approval" of the Cabinet. Other powers are explicitly vested in the Cabinet. Contrary to the practice in many constitutional monarchies, the Emperor is not even the nominal chief executive. Instead, the Constitution explicitly vests executive authority in the Cabinet. Hence, nearly all of the day-to-day work of governing is done by the Cabinet.

In practice, much of the Cabinet's authority is exercised by the prime minister. Under the Constitution, the prime minister exercises "control and supervision" over the executive branch, and no law or Cabinet order can take effect without the prime minister's countersignature (and the emperor's promulgation). While Cabinet Ministers in most other parliamentary democracies theoretically have some freedom of action (within the limits of cabinet collective responsibility), the Japanese Cabinet is effectively an extension of the prime minister's authority.

According to Article 75 of the Constitution, Ministers of State are not subject to legal action without the consent of the prime minister during their tenure of office.

  • The Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Official Residence) is where the Cabinet is located.
    The Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Official Residence) is where the Cabinet is located.
  • The Paulownia Seal is routinely considered to be the symbol of the Japanese prime minister, cabinet, as well as the government at large.
    The Paulownia Seal is routinely considered to be the symbol of the Japanese prime minister, cabinet, as well as the government at large.
  • The official seal of the Japanese Cabinet
    The official seal of the Japanese Cabinet

Powers exercised via the Emperor

Explicit powers

  • Execution of the law
  • Conduct of foreign affairs
  • Conclusion of treaties (with the consent of the National Diet).
  • Administration of the civil service
  • Drafting of the budget (which must be adopted by the National Diet)
  • Adoption of cabinet orders
  • Granting of general amnesty, special amnesty, commutation of punishment, reprieve, and restoration of rights
  • Signing of laws or cabinet orders by the relevant Minister of State and countersigned by the Prime Minister
  • Appointment of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of Japan (except for the Chief Justice, who is nominated by the Prime Minister and formally appointed by the Emperor)
  • Appointment of vice-ministers (who are nominated by their respective minister to whom they will report)

List of cabinets of Japan

Main article: List of Japanese cabinets

Current Cabinet

Main article: Ishiba Cabinet

The current cabinet, led by the newly appointed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and succeeded the Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle). Ishiba is currently in the process of forming his cabinet, following the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election.

As of 1 October 2024, the makeup of the current Cabinet is as follows:[1]


102nd Cabinet of Japan
Ishiba Cabinet
Color key:      Liberal Democratic      Komeito
MR: member of the House of Representatives, MC: member of the House of Councillors, B: bureaucrat
Minister
Constituency 		Office(s) Department Took Office
Cabinet ministers
Shigeru Ishiba
MR for Tottori 1st 		Prime Minister Cabinet Office 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Seiichiro Murakami
MR for Ehime 2nd 		Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Hideki Makihara
MR for Northern Kanto PR block 		Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Takeshi Iwaya
MR for Ōita 3rd 		Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Katsunobu Katō
MR for Okayama 5th 		Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation 		Ministry of Finance
Financial Services Agency 		1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Toshiko Abe
MR for Chūgoku PR block 		Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding 		Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Takamaro Fukuoka
MC for Saga at-large 		Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Yasuhiro Ozato
MR for Kyushu PR block 		Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Yoji Muto
MR for Gifu 3rd 		Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister for Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation 		Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Tetsuo Saito
MR for Hiroshima 3rd 		Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027 		Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 4 October 2021
(3 years ago) (2021-10-04)
Keiichiro Asao
MC for Kanagawa at-large 		Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness 		Ministry of the Environment 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Gen Nakatani
MR for Kōchi 1st 		Minister of Defense Ministry of Defense 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Yoshimasa Hayashi
MR for Yamaguchi 3rd 		Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue 		Cabinet Secretariat
Cabinet Office 		14 December 2023
(12 months ago) (2023-12-14)
Masaaki Taira
MR for Tokyo 4th 		Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform 		Digital Agency
Cabinet Office 		1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Tadahiko Ito
MR for Aichi 8th 		Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima 		Reconstruction Agency 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Manabu Sakai
MR for Kanagawa 5th 		Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy 		National Public Safety Commission
Cabinet Office 		1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Junko Mihara
MC for Kanagawa at-large 		Minister of State for Policies Related to Children
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Youth’s Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society 		Children and Families Agency
Cabinet Office 		1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Ryosei Akazawa
MR for Tottori 2nd 		Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of New Capitalism
Minister in charge of Wage Increase
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 		Cabinet Office 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Minoru Kiuchi
MR for Shizuoka 7th 		Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security 		Cabinet Office 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)
Yoshitaka Itō
MR for Hokkaido 7th 		Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister in charge of the Creation of New Regional Economies and Living Environments
Minister for the World Expo 2025 		Cabinet Office 1 October 2024
(2 months ago) (2024-10-01)

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "List of Ministers". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Office of Japan). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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