Takeshita Cabinet

74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedNovember 6, 1987
Date dissolvedDecember 27, 1988
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government (Lower House)
300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorThird Nakasone Cabinet
SuccessorTakeshita Cabinet
(Reshuffle)

The Takeshita Cabinet is the 74th Cabinet of Japan headed by Noboru Takeshita from November 6, 1987, to June 3, 1989.[1]

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Special mission etc. Note
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita
Deputy Prime Minister Kiichi MiyazawaResigned on December 9, 1988[note 1]
Minister of Justice Yukio Hayashida
Minister for Foreign Affairs Sōsuke Uno
Minister of Finance Kiichi MiyazawaResigned on December 9, 1988[note 1]
Noboru TakeshitaConcurrently serving as Prime MinisterAppointed on December 9, 1988
Resigned on December 24, 1988
Tatsuo MurayamaAppointed on December 24, 1988
Minister of Education Gentarō NakajimaNational Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member
Minister of Health Takao FujimotoIn charge of Pension issues
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takashi Satō
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hajime Tamura
Minister of Transport Shintaro IshiharaIn charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts Masaaki Nakayama
Minister of Labor Tarō Nakamura
Minister of Construction Ihei Ochifor the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
Minister of Home Affairs
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission		 Seiroku Kajiyama
Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizō Obuchi
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Osamu Takatori
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency		 Shigeru Kasuya
Director of the Defense Agency Tsutomu KawaraResigned on August 24, 1988[note 2]
Kichirō TazawaAppointed on August 24, 1988
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Eiichi Nakao
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Soichiro ItoChair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency Toshio Horiuchi
Director of the National Land Agency Seisuke OkunoIn charge of Land MeasuresResigned on May 13, 1988
Hideo UtsumiAppointed on May 13, 1988
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ichirō Ozawafor Political Affairs
Nobuo Ishiharafor General Affairs
Previous office:
Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Osamu MimuraPrevious office:
Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Source:[1]

Reshuffled Cabinet

Takeshita Cabinet

74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedDecember 27, 1988
Date dissolvedJune 3, 1989
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Akihito
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government (Lower House)
300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorTakeshita Cabinet
SuccessorUno Cabinet

The Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 27, 1988.

Portfolio Minister Special mission etc. Note
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita
Minister of Justice Takashi HasegawaResigned on December 30, 1988[note 3]
Masami TakatsujiAppointed on December 30, 1988
Non-legislator
Previous office: National Public Safety Commission member
Minister for Foreign Affairs Sōsuke Uno
Minister of Finance Tatsuo Murayama
Minister of Education Takeo NishiokaNational Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member
Minister of Health Junichiro KoizumiIn charge of Pension issues
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tsutomu Hata
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Minister of Transport Shinji SatoIn charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts Seiichi Kataoka
Minister of Labor Hyōsuke Niwa
Minister of Construction Hikosaburo OkonogiResigned on June 2, 1989[note 4]
Noboru TakeshitaActing
Concurrently serving as Prime Minister		Appointed on June 2, 1989
Minister of Home Affairs
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission		 Shigenobu Sakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizō Obuchi
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Saburō Kanemaru
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency		 Chikao Sakamoto
Director of the Defense Agency Kichirō Tazawa
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Ken HaradaResigned on January 25, 1989[note 3]
Kōichirō AinoAppointed on January 25, 1989
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Moichi MiyazakiChair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency Masahisa Aoki
Director of the National Land Agency Hideo UtsumiIn charge of Land Measures
for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ichirō Ozawafor Political Affairs
Nobuo Ishiharafor General Affairs
Previous office:
Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Osamu MimuraPrevious office:
Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Source:[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Due to the Recruit scandal
  2. ↑ Due to the JDS Nadashio maritime incident
  3. 1 2 Resigned after it was discovered that he had received political donations from Recruit (company).
  4. ↑ Resigned to become chairman of the House of Representatives Steering Committee.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "第74代 竹下 登｜歴代内閣". Prime Minister's Official Residence. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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