Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)
101st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-formed cabinet inside the Kantei, 13 September 2023
Date formed	13 September 2023
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister's history	Member of the HoR for Hiroshima 1st district (1993-) Former Foreign Minister (2012-2017) Former Acting Minister of Defense (2017)
No. of ministers	20 (2023-)
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party   Komeito
Status in legislature	Coalition government HoR (Lower): Majority 293 / 465 (63%) HoC (Upper): Majority 142 / 245 (58%)
Opposition parties	Constitutional Democratic Party Japan Innovation Party Democratic Party for the People Japanese Communist Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Social Democratic Party Seijika Joshi 48 Party Sanseitō
Opposition leader	Kenta Izumi (CDP)
History
Election(s)	49th HoR general election (2021) 26th HoC regular election (2022)
Legislature term(s)	206th– National Diet (49th HoR, 25th– HoC)
Predecessor	Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)

The Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle) is the current Cabinet of Japan and was formed by Fumio Kishida, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan in September 2023. The cabinet has governed Japan since 13 September 2023.

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 succeeded The Second Kishida First Reshuffled Cabinet on 13 September 2023.^[1] The Reshuffled 101st Cabinet includes more women, while keeping Kishida's potential rivals in key positions.

Background

As of 2023, Kishida has led four cabinets since the beginning of his premiership in October 2021. His first cabinet lasted just 38 days, and was formed following the resignation of former Prime Minister Yoshide Suga's cabinet. After receiving a mandate in the 2021 general election, Kishida formed his second cabinet in November 2021. He reshuffled it twice, the first time being in August 2022 in the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, and the second in September 2023. The second reshuffle includes more women, while also keeping potential political rivals in key roles and positions.^[2] In total, eleven first time appointees were introduced in the cabinet.^[3]

The cabinet includes five women, only one of which, Sanae Takaichi, was inherited from the previous reshuffled cabinet.^[4] Most notably, Kishida replaced Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who had served in his cabinet since after the general election, with Yoko Kamikawa, who had previously served as Minister of Justice under Yoshihide Suga.^[5] Kishida also replaced Yasukazu Hamada, who had served as Defense Minister since the first reshuffle, with Minoru Kihara, who had never served as a cabinet minister before.^[6] Kishda retained Taro Kono and Sanae Takaichi in similar roles.^[7] Both had competed with Kishida for the LDP Presidency in 2021.

Election of the prime minister

10 November 2021 206th Special National Diet Absolute majority (233/465) required House of Representatives Choice Party First Vote Votes YFumio Kishida Liberal Democratic Party 297 / 465 Yukio Edano Constitutional Democratic Party 108 / 465 Toranosuke Katayama Japan Innovation Party 41 / 465 Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party for the People 11 / 465 Shuji Kira Independent 5 / 465 Tarō Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi 3 / 465 Source[8]

10 November 2021 206th Special National Diet Absolute majority (122/242) required House of Councillors Choice Party First Vote Votes YFumio Kishida Liberal Democratic Party 141 / 242 Yukio Edano Constitutional Democratic Party 60 / 242 Toranosuke Katayama Japan Innovation Party 15 / 242 Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party for the People 15 / 242 Tarō Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi 3 / 242 Yukiko Kada Independent 2 / 242 Yoshimi Watanabe Independent 2 / 242 Takae Itō Democratic Party for the People 1 / 242 Yōichi Iha Independent 1 / 242 Blank vote 2 / 242 Source[8]

Cabinet

Ministers

Citation of this table: List of Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle) Members^[9]

Portfolio	Portrait	Minister			Took office	Left office	Note
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister			Fumio Kishida	R	4 October 2021	Incumbent
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications			Junji Suzuki	R	13 September 2023	14 December 2023	First cabinet appointment[2]
			Takeaki Matsumoto	R	14 December 2023	Incumbent
Minister of Justice			Ryuji Koizumi	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
Minister for Foreign Affairs			Yoko Kamikawa	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent
Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation			Shun'ichi Suzuki	R	4 October 2021	Incumbent
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology			Masahito Moriyama	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare			Keizo Takemi	C	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries			Ichiro Miyashita	R	13 September 2023	14 December 2023	First cabinet appointment[2]
			Tetsushi Sakamoto	R	14 December 2023	Incumbent
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 for Economic Cooperation with Russia Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation			Yasutoshi Nishimura	R	10 August 2022	14 December 2023
			Ken Saitō	R	14 December 2023	Incumbent
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027			Tetsuo Saito	R	4 October 2021	Incumbent
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness			Shintaro Ito	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
Minister of Defense			Minoru Kihara	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
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	14 December 2023
			Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	14 December 2023	Incumbent
Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reforms Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Regulatory Reform			Taro Kono	R	10 August 2022	Incumbent
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima			Shinako Tsuchiya	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
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			Yoshifumi Matsumura	C	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
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 in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation			Ayuko Kato	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of New Capitalism Minister in charge of Startups Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy			Yoshitaka Shindo	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent
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			Sanae Takaichi	R	10 August 2022	Incumbent
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 for the World Expo 2025			Hanako Jimi	C	13 September 2023	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment[2]

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

Portfolio		Portrait	Deputy Minister		Took office	Left office	Previous office
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary			Hideki Murai	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent
			Hiroshi Moriya	C	13 September 2023	Incumbent
			Shun'ichi Kuryu	B	4 October 2021	Incumbent	National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau			Masaharu Kondo	B	11 September 2019	Incumbent	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special advisors to the prime minister

Portfolio		Portrait	Advisor		Took office	Left office	Previous office
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for important national security policies and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues			Hirotaka Ishihara	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of regional revitalization of rural areas			Yasuhiro Ozato	R	13 September 2023	Incumbent
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of women's empowerment, elderly people, and consumer measures			Michiko Ueno	C	15 September 2023	14 December 2023
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for social infrastructure development such as national resilience and reconstruction, science and technology innovation policy and other special assignments			Masafumi Mori	B	1 January 2022	Incumbent
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for wages and employment			Wakako Yata	B	15 September 2023	Incumbent	Member of the House of Councillors belonged to the Democratic Party for the People

References

External links

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

• List of Ministers (As of December 14, 2023)
• List of State Ministers (As of December 14, 2023)
• List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers (As of December 14, 2023)
• List of Special Advisors to the Prime Minister (As of December 14, 2023)