Second Ishiba Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:Second Ishiba Cabinet
Members Number:20
Cabinet Number:103rd
Incumbent:11 November 2024 – present
Jurisdiction:Japan
Flag:Flag of Japan.svg
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Caption:Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 11, 2024
Date Formed:November 11, 2024
Government Head Title:Prime Minister
Government Head:Shigeru Ishiba
State Head Title:Emperor
State Head:Naruhito
Legislature Status:Coalition government
HoR (Lower):
Minority
HoC (Upper):
Majority
Opposition Cabinet:Noda Next Cabinet
Opposition Leader:Yoshihiko Noda (CDP)
Last Election:2024 general election
Legislature Term:HoR: 2024–2028 (maximum)
HoC: 2019–2025 and 2022–2028
Predecessor:First Ishiba Cabinet

The Second Ishiba Cabinet is the 103rd Cabinet of Japan, formed by Shigeru Ishiba on 11 November 2024, following the general election on 27 October 2024. Members of the First Ishiba Cabinet were reappointed except for Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, Tourism Tetsuo Saito, who has become the Chief Representative of Komeito, Minister of Justice Hideki Makihara who lost his seat in the last general election and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yasuhiro Ozato who lost his seat in the last general election.

Election of the prime minister

House of Representatives

11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet First Round
House of Representatives
ChoicePartyVotes
Shigeru IshibaLiberal Democratic Party
Yoshihiko NodaConstitutional Democratic Party
Nobuyuki BabaNippon Ishin no Kai
Yuichiro TamakiDemocratic Party for the People
Taro YamamotoReiwa Shinsengumi
Tomoko TamuraJapanese Communist Party
Shuji KiraIndependent
(Yūshi no Kai)
Sohei KamiyaSanseitō
Takashi KawamuraConservative Party of Japan
Source[1]
11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet Run Off
House of Representatives
ChoicePartyVotes
Shigeru IshibaLiberal Democratic Party
Yoshihiko NodaConstitutional Democratic Party
Invalid ballot
Source

House of Councillors

11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet
House of Councillors
ChoicePartyVotes
Shigeru IshibaLiberal Democratic Party
Yoshihiko NodaConstitutional Democratic Party
Nobuyuki BabaNippon Ishin no Kai
Yuichiro TamakiDemocratic Party For the People
Tomoko TamuraJapanese Communist Party
Taro YamamotoReiwa Shinsengumi
Takae ItōDemocratic Party For the People
Sohei KamiyaSanseitō
Shuji Kira Independent
(Yūshi no Kai)
Toshimitsu MotegiLiberal Democratic Party
Shinsuke SuematsuLiberal Democratic Party
Source

Cabinet

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Liberal Democratic
Komeito
Member of the House of Representatives
Member of the House of Councillors

Ministers

Citation of this table: List of Ishiba Cabinet Members[2]

PortfolioPortraitMinisterTook officeLeft officeNote
Cabinet ministers
Prime MinisterShigeru IshibaR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsSeiichiro MurakamiR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of JusticeKeisuke SuzukiR11 November 2024IncumbentFirst cabinet appointment
Minister for Foreign AffairsTakeshi IwayaR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
Katsunobu KatōR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyToshiko AbeR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareTakamaro FukuokaC11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTaku EtōR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
Yoji MutoR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027
Hiromasa NakanoR11 November 2024IncumbentFirst cabinet appointment
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Keiichiro AsaoC11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of DefenseGen NakataniR11 November 2024Incumbent
Chief Cabinet SecretaryYoshimasa HayashiR11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Masaaki TairaR11 November 2024Incumbent
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Tadahiko ItoR11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Manabu SakaiR11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Junko MiharaC11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Ryosei AkazawaR11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Minoru KiuchiR11 November 2024Incumbent
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
Yoshitaka ItōR11 November 2024Incumbent

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Adviser!Term!Note
Special Advisor to the Prime MinisterAkihisa NagashimaROctober 1, 2024 – present[3]
Special Advisor to the Prime MinisterMasafumi MoriBJanuary 1, 2022 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime MinisterWakako YataBSeptember 13, 2023 - presentFormer Member of the House of Councillors[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 首相指名選挙 決選投票の結果は?仕組みは?過去の決選投票も. November 12, 2024. NHK.
  2. Web site: List of Ministers . 11 November 2024. Prime Minister's Office of Japan . en.
  3. Web site: List of Special Advisors to the Prime Minister . 2024-12-03 . Prime Minister's Office of Japan . en.
  4. Web site: 令和5年9月15日 辞令交付(内閣総理大臣補佐官) 総理の一日 . 2024-12-03 . 首相官邸ホームページ . ja.