Takaichi Cabinet: Difference between revisions

Cabinet of Japan from 2025

The Takaichi Cabinet is the 104th Cabinet of Japan, formed on 21 October 2025 when Sanae Takaichi was appointed Prime Minister by Emperor Naruhito as designated by the National Diet, following the resignation of Shigeru Ishiba after the 2025 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.

The country’s first woman-led government, it is also the first time that the Japan Innovation Party will participate in the national government, following the collapse of the LDP–Komeito coalition, which had governed from 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2025, and the formation of the LDP–JIP coalition.^[1]

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister			Took office	Left office	Note
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister			Sanae Takaichi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications			Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Justice			Hiroshi Hiraguchi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Foreign Affairs			Toshimitsu Motegi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures Concerning Taxation and Subsidies			Satsuki Katayama	C	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology			Yohei Matsumoto	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare			Kenichiro Ueno	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries			Norikazu Suzuki	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister in charge of Green Transformation Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation			Ryosei Akazawa	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy Minister in charge of the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027			Yasushi Kaneko	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness			Hirotaka Ishihara	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Defense			Shinjirō Koizumi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue			Minoru Kihara	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System Minister in charge of Cybersecurity Minister in State for Cybersecurity			Hisashi Matsumoto	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency Minister in charge of Building National Resilience			Takao Makino	C	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Ocean Policy			Jiro Akama	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate, Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society Minister in charge of Women’s Empowerment Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions			Hitoshi Kikawada	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister in charge of Japan’s Growth Strategy Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases Minister in charge of Startups Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Regulatory Reform			Minoru Kiuchi	R	21 October 2025	Incumbent
Minister in charge of Economic Security Minister in charge of a Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals 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 AI Strategy Minister of State for Economic Security			Kimi Onoda	C	21 October 2025	Incumbent

Inaugurated on 22 October 2025

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Kawasaki Hideto, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Kaneko Yozo, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Wakayama Shinji, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office / Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction -Furukawa Naoki, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications – Nakano Hideyuki, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications – Mukōyama Jun, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications – Kajihara Daisuke, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice – Fukuyama Mamoru, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs – Eri Arfiya, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs – Onishi Yohei, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs – Shimada Tomoaki, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance – Mitazono Satoshi, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance – Takahashi Harumi, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Fukuda Kaoru, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction – Shimizu Masato, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare – Kurihara Wataru, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare – Kamiya Masayuki, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – Hirose Ken, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – Yamamoto Keisuke, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Ochi Toshiyuki, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office / Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction – Komori Takuo, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism – Kato Ryusho, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism – Nagai Manabu, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office / Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction – Ueda Eishun, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment – Morishita Chisato, House of Representatives

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Tomonoh Rio, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense – Wakabayashi Youhei, House of Councillors

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense / Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office – Yoshida Shinji, House of Representatives