Second Kishida Cabinet

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Second Kishida Cabinet
101st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 10, 2021
Date formed	10 November 2021
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister's history	Former Foreign Minister (2012-2017)
No. of ministers	21
Member party	Liberal Democratic–   Komeito Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR (Lower): LDP-K Coalition majority 293 / 465 (63%) HoC (Upper): LDP-K Coalition majority 142 / 245 (58%)
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano (2021) Kenta Izumi (2021-present)
History
Election(s)	2021/49th HoR general election likely: 2022/26th HoC regular election
Legislature term(s)	206th– National Diet (49th HoR, 25th– HoC)
Predecessor	First Kishida Cabinet

The Second Kishida Cabinet is the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed 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]

Election of the Prime Minister[]

November 10, 2021
206th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (233/465) required

House of Representatives
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YFumio Kishida	297 / 465
	Yukio Edano	108 / 465
	Toranosuke Katayama	41 / 465
	Yuichiro Tamaki	11 / 465
	Shuji Kira	5 / 465
	Tarō Yamamoto	3 / 465
Source[3]

November 10, 2021
206th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (122/242) required

House of Councillors
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YFumio Kishida	141 / 245
	Yukio Edano	60 / 245
	Toranosuke Katayama	15 / 245
	Yuichiro Tamaki	15 / 245
	Tarō Yamamoto	3 / 245
	Yukiko Kada	2 / 245
	Yoshimi Watanabe	2 / 245
	Takae Itō	1 / 245
	Yōichi Iha	1 / 245
	Blank vote	2 / 245
Source[3]

Changes[]

• Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi was replaced by Yoshimasa Hayashi, after being chosen as the new LDP Secretary-General due to the resignation of Akira Amari.^[4]

List of Ministers[]

  Liberal Democratic

  Komeito

R = Member of the House of Representatives

C = Member of the House of Councillors

B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet[]

Citation of this table: List of Second Kishida Cabinet Members^[5]

Second Kishida Cabinet

Portfolio		Image of Cabinet Members	Minister		Term	Note
Prime Minister			Fumio Kishida	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications			Yasushi Kaneko	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Justice			Yoshihisa Furukawa	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister for Foreign Affairs			Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	November 10, 2021 – Present	[6]
Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation			Shun'ichi Suzuki	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding			Shinsuke Suematsu	C	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries			Genjiro Kaneko	C	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare			Shigeyuki Goto	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
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	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy			Tetsuo Saito	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness			Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of Defense			Nobuo Kishi	R	September 16, 2020 – Present
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	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister of State for Regulatory Reform			Karen Makishima	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister of 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	October 4, 2021 – Present
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	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
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	October 4, 2021 – Present
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	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister in charge of Economic Security Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy			Takayuki Kobayashi	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations			Noriko Horiuchi	R	October 4, 2021 – Present
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	October 4, 2021 – Present

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	October 4, 2021 – Present
			Yoshihiko Isozaki	C	October 4, 2021 – Present
			Shun'ichi Kuryu	B	October 4, 2021 – Present	former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau			Masaharu Kondo	B	September 11, 2019 – Present	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	October 4, 2021 – December 3, 2021	also serves as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
			Minoru Terada	R	December 3, 2021 – Present
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for International Human Rights Problems			Gen Nakatani	R	November 10, 2021 – Present
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Domestic Economic and other special issues			Hideki Murai	R	October 8, 2021 – Present
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Women's Empowerment			Masako Mori	C	November 10, 2021 – Present

State Ministers[]

Parliamentary Vice-Ministers[]

References[]

External links[]

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

• List of Ministers November 2021 –