Fourth Abe Cabinet
Fourth Abe Cabinet | |
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98th cabinet of Japan | |
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 1, 2017 | |
Date formed | November 1, 2017 |
Date dissolved | Incumbent |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Emperor Akihito |
Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition |
Status in legislature |
HoR: LDP-K Coalition Supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority |
Opposition party | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan |
Opposition leader | Yukio Edano |
History | |
Election(s) |
2017 general election 2019 councillors election |
Predecessor | Third Abe Cabinet |
The Fourth Abe Cabinet was formed in November 2017 by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and is the current government of Japan. The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
Election of the Prime Minister
House of Representatives Absolute majority (233/465) required | |||
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Choice | Vote | ||
Caucuses | Votes | ||
LDP (282), Independent [Speaker] (1), Komeito (29) | 312 / 465 | ||
Yukio Edano | CDP (55), Liberal (2), SDP (2), Independent [Vice Speaker] (1) | 60 / 465 | |
Shū Watanabe | Kibō (51) | 51 / 465 | |
Kōhei Ōtsuka | Independents formerly from DP (16) | 16 / 465 | |
Kazuo Shii | JCP (12) | 12 / 465 | |
Toranosuke Katayama | Ishin (11) | 11 / 465 | |
Seiji Maehara | Independent [Katsuhito Nakajima] (1) | 1 / 465 | |
Eiichirō Washio | Independent [Eiichirō Washio] (1) | 1 / 465 | |
Invalid ballot | LDP (1) | 1 / 465 | |
Source: 195th Diet Session (House of Representatives) (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus) |
House of Councillors Absolute majority (122/242) required | |||
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Choice | Vote | ||
Caucuses | Votes | ||
LDP-Kokoro (124), Komeito (24), Independents Club (2) , Independent (1) | 151 / 242 | ||
Kōhei Ōtsuka | DP (47), Independent [Vice President] (1) | 48 / 242 | |
Kazuo Shii | JCP (14) | 14 / 242 | |
Toranosuke Katayama | Ishin (11) | 11 / 242 | |
Yukio Edano | Hope Coalition (Liberal and SDP) (6), Okinawa Whirlwind (2), Independent-CDP [Tetsuro Fukuyama] (1) | 9 / 242 | |
Shū Watanabe | Kibō (3) | 3 / 242 | |
Kenzō Fujisue | Kokumin no Koe [People's Voice] (2) | 2 / 242 | |
Blank ballot | Independent [Kazuyuki Yamaguchi] (1) | 1 / 242 | |
Did not vote | Independent [President] (1), LDP-Kokoro (1), Komeito (1) | 3 / 242 | |
Source: 195th Diet Session (House of Councillors) (lists individual votes grouped by caucus) |
Lists of Ministers
Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
Cabinet
Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
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Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation |
Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Women's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System |
Seiko Noda | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Justice | Yōko Kamikawa | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Tarō Kōno | R | August 3, 2017 – Present | ||
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding |
Yoshimasa Hayashi | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister for Working-style Reform Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue Minister of State for the Abduction Issue |
Katsunobu Katō | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Ken Saitō | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for 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 |
Hiroshige Sekō | C | August 3, 2016 – Present | ||
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister of State for Water Cycle Policy |
Keiichi Ishii | R | October 7, 2015 – Present | ||
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness |
Masaharu Nakagawa | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of Defense | Itsunori Onodera | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Alleviating the Burden of the Bases in Okinawa |
Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Minister of State for Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima |
Masayoshi Yoshino | R | April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister of State for Disaster Management |
Hachiro Okonogi | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for Ocean Policy Minister in charge of Territorial Issues |
Tetsuma Esaki | R | August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018 | ||
Teru Fukui | R | February 27, 2018 – October 2, 2018 | |||
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for the "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Property Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy |
Masaji Matsuyama | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister for Human Resources Development Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy |
Toshimitsu Motegi | R | August 3, 2017 – Present | ||
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Administrative Reform Minister of State for Civil Service Reform |
Hiroshi Kajiyama | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 | ||
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Shunichi Suzuki | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
Changes
- February 27, 2018 – Okinawa and Northern Territories Minister Tetsuma Esaki resigned and was replaced by Teru Fukui.
First Reshuffled Cabinet
Portfolio | Minister | Term | |||
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Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation |
Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System |
Masatoshi Ishida | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Justice | Takashi Yamashita | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Tarō Kōno | R | August 3, 2017 – Present | ||
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding |
Masahiko Shibayama | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister for Working-style Reform |
Takumi Nemoto | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Takamori Yoshikawa | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for 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 |
Hiroshige Sekō | C | August 3, 2016 – Present | ||
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister of State for Water Cycle Policy |
Keiichi Ishii | R | October 7, 2015 – Present | ||
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness |
Yoshiaki Harada | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of Defense | Takeshi Iwaya | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Alleviating the Burden of the Bases in Okinawa |
Yoshihide Suga | R | December 26, 2012 – Present | ||
Minister of State for Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima |
Hiromichi Watanabe | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister of State for Disaster Management |
Junzo Yamamoto | C | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy Minister of State for the "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Property Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy |
Takuya Hirai | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister of State for Administrative Reform Minister of State for Civil Service Reform Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Ocean Policy |
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi | R | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Minister in charge of TPP and Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations |
Toshimitsu Motegi | R | August 3, 2017 – Present | ||
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization |
Satsuki Katayama | C | October 2, 2018 – Present | ||
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | Yoshitaka Sakurada | R | October 2, 2018 – Present |
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