Cabinet of Japan
The Cabinet of Japan (Japanese: 内閣, Hepburn: Naikaku) is the executive branch of the government of Japan.
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 The Prime Minister's Official Residence is where the Cabinet is located | |
Native name | 内閣 |
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Romanized name | Naikaku |
| Founded | 22 December 1885 |
| Headquarters | Japan |
Key people | Yoshihide Suga (Prime Minister) Naruhito (Emperor) |
| Owner | Government of Japan |
Current Cabinet of Japan
The members of the current cabinet of Japan headed by the Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshihide Suga as of 23 June 2021 are as follows.
| Office | Incumbent | Seat | Cabinet appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga | House of Representatives, LDP | Leader of majority party |
| Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of FinanceMinister of State for Financial ServicesMinister in charge of Overcoming Deflation | Tarō Asō | Reappointed | |
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Ryota Takeda | Continued from the former cabinet | |
| Minister of Justice | Yoko Kamikawa | New appointment | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Toshimitsu Motegi | Reappointed | |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyMinister in charge of Education Rebuilding | Kōichi Hagiuda | Reappointed | |
| Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareMinister in charge of Working-style Reform | Norihisa Tamura | New appointment | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Kōtarō Nogami | House of Councilors, LDP | New appointment |
| Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister in charge of International Exposition Minister of State for Economic Cooperation with Russia Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation | Hiroshi Kajiyama | House of Representatives, LDP | Reappointed |
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismMinister in charge of Water Cycle Policy | Kazuyoshi Akaba | House of Representatives, Komeito | Reappointed |
| Minister of the EnvironmentMinister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness | Shinjirō Koizumi | House of Representatives, LDP | Reappointed |
| Minister of Defense | Nobuo Kishi | New appointment | |
| Chief Cabinet SecretaryMinister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue | Katsunobu Katō | Continued from the former cabinet | |
| Minister for ReconstructionMinister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima | Katsuei Hirasawa | New appointment | |
| Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National ResilienceMinister in charge of Territorial IssuesMinister of State for Disaster ManagementMinister of State for Ocean Policy | Hachiro Okonogi | New appointment | |
| Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service ReformMinister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories AffairsMinister of State for Regulatory Reform | Taro Kono | Continued from the former cabinet | |
| Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Regional RevitalizationMinister of State for Measures for the Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Regional Revitalization | Tetsushi Sakamoto | New appointment | |
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge Economic RevitalizationMinister in charge of Social Security ReformMinister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership | Yasutoshi Nishimura | Reappointed | |
| Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Information Technology PolicyMinister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System | Takuya Hirai | New appointment | |
| Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Women's EmpowermentMinister of State for Gender Equality | Tamayo Marukawa | House of Councilors, LDP | New appointment |
| Minister of State for the World Expo 2025 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food SafetyMinister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Property StrategyMinister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy | Shinji Inoue | House of Representatives, LDP | New appointment |
References
- The Japan Times. "Cabinet Profiles" [since 2008]. The Japan Times Online. Accessed 13 October 2012 from: https://web.archive.org/web/20040623111921/http://www.japantimes.com/cabinets.htm
- Cabinet Secretariat, Office of Cabinet Public Relations, Japan (2003). Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet. Retrieved 28 Oct. 2003 from: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
- Hunter, Janet (1984). Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pp. 266–324, Appendix 5: Japanese Cabinets Since the Introduction of the Cabinet System in 1885 [to 1980].
