Second Kishida Cabinet

Second Kishida Cabinet

101st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 10 November 2021
Date formed10 November 2021
Date dissolved10 August 2022
People and organisations
EmperorNaruhito
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Prime Minister's historyMember of the HoR for Hiroshima 1st district (1993-)
Former Foreign Minister (2012-2017)
Former acting Minister of Defense (2017)
No. of ministers20 (2022-)
21 (2021-2022)
Member party  Liberal Democratic
  Komeito Coalition
Status in legislatureHoR (Lower):
LDP-K Coalition majority
293 / 465 (63%)

HoC (Upper):
LDP-K Coalition majority
142 / 245 (58%)
Opposition party  Constitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leaderYukio Edano (2021)
Kenta Izumi (2021-present)
History
Election(s)2021/49th HoR general election
2022/26th HoC regular election
Legislature term(s)206th– National Diet
(49th HoR, 25th– HoC)
PredecessorFirst Kishida Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)

The Second Kishida Cabinet is the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed in November 2021 by Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan.

The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. It is the successor to Kishida's previous cabinet.

Background

After Fumio Kishida called for a general election and won a supermajority on 31 October 2021, he was re-elected as the prime minister at a special session of the National Diet on 10 November 2021. As his first cabinet only served 37 days, the shortest term in history, Kishida reappointed nearly all of the ministers from the previous cabinet following re-election.[1][2]

On 10 August 2022, the cabinet was reshuffled. 7 MPs with ties to the Unification Church (UC) were dismissed following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church.[3][4] On 20 August it was reported that 23 officials including 8 MPs in the new reshuffled cabinet have existing connections to the UC.[5][6][7]

Election of the prime minister

Changes

List of ministers

Parties
Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R Member of the House of Representatives
C Member of the House of Councillors
N Non-Diet member
B Bureaucrat

Cabinet

Citation of this table: List of Second Kishida Cabinet Members[10]

Second Kishida Cabinet from November 10, 2021 to August 10, 2022
Portfolio Image Minister Term Note
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yasushi Kaneko R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi R 10 November 2021 – 10 August 2022 [11]
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
Shun'ichi Suzuki R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
Shinsuke Suematsu C 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Genjiro Kaneko C→N 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Shigeyuki Goto R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister 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
Koichi Hagiuda R 4 October 2021 – Present
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Tetsuo Saito R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi R 16 September 2020 – 10 August 2022
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue
Hirokazu Matsuno R 4 October 2021 – Present
Minister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations 1 April 2022 – 10 August 2022
Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Karen Makishima R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister for Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Kosaburo Nishime R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy
Satoshi Ninoyu C→N 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children
Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
Seiko Noda R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of New Capitalism
Minister in charge of Measures for Novel Coronavirus Disease and Health Crisis Management
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Daishiro Yamagiwa R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Takayuki Kobayashi R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister for the World Expo 2025
Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for the Intellectual Property Strategy
Kenji Wakamiya R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations
Noriko Horiuchi R 4 October 2021 – 31 March 2022

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Second Kishida Deputy Cabinet
Portfolio image Deputy Minister Term Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara R 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yoshihiko Isozaki C 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Shun'ichi Kuryu B 4 October 2021 – Present former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Masaharu Kondo B 11 September 2019 – 10 August 2022 former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister
Portfolio image Adviser Term Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security Seiji Kihara R 4 October 2021 – 3 December 2021 also serves as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minoru Terada R 3 December 2021 – 10 August 2022
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for International Human Rights Problems Gen Nakatani R 10 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Domestic Economic and other special issues Hideki Murai R 8 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Women's Empowerment Masako Mori C 10 November 2021 – 10 August 2022

State ministers

State ministers[12]
Portfolio State Minister Term Note
State Minister of Digital Agency Fumiaki Kobayashi R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for Reconstruction Hiroyuki Togashi R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hideki Niizuma C 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Takeyuki Watanabe C 30 April 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office and the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet Office Fumiaki Kobayashi R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Digital Agency
Keitaro Ohno R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hitoshi Kikawada R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Masaaki Akaike C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yoshitaka Ikeda R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ken'ichi Hosoda R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Masahiro Ishii C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Shunsuke Mutai R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Environment
Makoto Oniki R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Defense
Hidemichi Sato R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Takeyuki Watanabe C 30 April 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister for Reconstruction and the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hiroaki Tabata R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yusuke Nakanishi C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
State Minister of Justice Jun Tsushima R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoshi Odawara R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Takako Suzuki R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
State Minister of Finance Mitsunari Okamoto R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Satoshi Ohie C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hideyuki Tanaka R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yoshitaka Ikeda R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Atsushi Koga R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hidemichi Sato R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Arata Takebe R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hiroyuki Nakamura R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ken'ichi Hosoda R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
Masahiro Ishii C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Norihiro Nakayama R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Takeyuki Watanabe C 30 April 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister for Reconstruction and the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Environment Toshitaka Ohtaka R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Shunsuke Mutai R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Defense Makoto Oniki R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliamentary vice-ministers

Parliamentary vice-ministers[12]
Portfolio Parliamentary Vice-Minister Term Note
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency Taro Yamada C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction Kohichi Munekiyo R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Harumi Takahashi C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kazuchika Iwata R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Hirohiko Izumida R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Taro Yamada C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency
Takuma Miyaji R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hiroo Kotera R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Dai Shimamura C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Yuhmi Yoshikawa C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yasushi Hosaka R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment
Yasutaka Nakasone R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Kohichi Munekiyo R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Hirohiko Izumida R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Harumi Takahashi C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kazuchika Iwata R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Jiro Hatoyama R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Kohichi Watanabe R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yasushi Miura C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice Hiroyuki Kada C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Uesugi R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Taro Honda R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Shingo Miyake C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance Masahiro Kohmura R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Takashi Fujiwara R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yoko Wanibuchi R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Harumi Takahashi C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yoichi Fukazawa R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Dai Shimamura C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Rokuta Shimono C 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Masao Miyazaki C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yuhmi Yoshikawa C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Kazuchika Iwata R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ayuko Kato R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Jiro Kimura R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Hirohiko Izumida R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment Yasuhiro Nakagawa R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yasushi Hosaka R 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Tsuyohito Iwamoto C 6 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Yasutaka Nakasone R 11 November 2021 – 10 August 2022 also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Reshuffled cabinets

References

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External links

Pages at the Prime Minister's Official Residence of Japan (English website):

  • List of Ministers November 2021 – August 2022
  • List of Ministers August 2022 – September 2023
  • List of Ministers (September 2023 – )
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