| Cabinet Name: | Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle) |
| Members Number: | 20 (2022-) |
| Cabinet Number: | 101st |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Flag: | Flag of Japan.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Caption: | Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-formed cabinet inside the Kantei, 10 August 2022 |
| Date Formed: | 10 August 2022 |
| Date Dissolved: | 13 September 2023 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | Fumio Kishida |
| Government Head History: | Member of the HoR for Hiroshima 1st district (1993-) Former Foreign Minister (2012-2017) Former acting Minister of Defense (2017) |
| State Head Title: | Emperor |
| State Head: | Naruhito |
| Political Party: | Liberal Democratic– Komeito Coalition |
| Legislature Status: | HoR (Lower): LDP-K Coalition majority HoC (Upper): LDP-K Coalition majority |
| Opposition Party: | Constitutional Democratic Party |
| Opposition Leader: | Kenta Izumi (2021-present) |
| Election: | 2021/49th HoR general election 2022/26th HoC regular election |
| Legislature Term: | 206th– National Diet (49th HoR, 25th– HoC) |
| Predecessor: | Second Kishida Cabinet |
The Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle) was the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed by Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan in August 2022. The cabinet governed Japan from 10 August 2022 to 13 September 2023.
The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. It succeeded the Second Kishida Cabinet on 10 August 2022.[1] The Reshuffled 101st Cabinet was formed following the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister, which caused low approval ratings due to alleged ties to the Unification Church.[2]
On 6 August 2022 in Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his decision to reshuffle his second cabinet on 10 August, after attending the 77th anniversary memorial ceremony of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American jet. The reshuffle had previously been planned for early September 2022. Since the end of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan by October 2021, Kishida explained that the purpose of the reshuffle was to focus on issues like the assassination of Shinzo Abe, as well as the climate change, global inflation, Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Taiwan Strait tensions.
The reshuffle was widely reported as a response to the local criticism of ties between Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Unification Church (UC), following the assassination of the former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, on 8 July 2022. The suspected shooter, Tetsuya Yamagami, revealed that his mother went bankrupt for donating most of the family's wealth and assets to the UC. Although the suspect originally planned to target the leader of the UC, Hak Ja Han, he switched to Abe because he was unable to approach Han, and he considered Abe as one of the most influential supporters of the UC. The revelation renewed local interest in the allegedly long-standing relationship between the LDP and the UC since Abe's maternal grandfather Nobusuke Kishi's tenure,[3] as well as accusations against the UC's practices of collecting donations fraudulently, so-called "spiritual sales".[4] Public opinions on Kishida's decision to hold a state funeral for Abe on 27 September were also divided.
According to a poll conducted by NHK from 5 to 7 August, the approval rating of Kishida's previous cabinet was 46%, down by 13% from a similar poll taken three weeks prior. Also 82% of respondents were not satisfied by the lawmakers' explanations of their ties to the UC.
Kishida stressed that the new cabinet would have all members closely examined with regard to their relationship with the UC, but media reported that at least 30 members in the reshuffled cabinet were still related to the UC to various degrees. One of the ministers who remained in office after this reshuffle, Daishiro Yamagiwa, received media scrutiny in particular for not disclosing his ties with the UC to the public before the reshuffle, as well as his ambiguous responses when being confronted by reporters about his ties to the UC. Kishida accepted Yamagiwa's resignation on 24 October 2022 as the minister following more evidences of Yamagiwa's ties to the UC surfaced and intense criticisms from the opposition parties in the parliament for his failure to remember his participation in events held by the UC and meetings with top UC officials, including the UC leader Hak Ja Han.
After the cabinet reshuffle, a poll conducted from 20 to 21 August by Mainichi Shimbun showed that the approval rating of the new cabinet dropped to 36% by 16%, with 64% of respondents viewing the ties to the UC as a very serious problem.
Kishida promised to cut ties with the UC and help victims of manipulative sales by the UC. Taro Kono, the minister of digital affairs who was also given the special mission for consumer affairs and food safety, established a spiritual sales review committee in the Consumer Affairs Agency on 29 August. This committee initially elected 8 experts in the UC matter including former prosecutor Shiori Kanno and Masaki Kito, a lawyer representing the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales which has been providing legal aid for victims and reporting on the anti-social issues of the UC since 1987. The committee was scheduled to hold publicly-viewable weekly online meetings. All committee members offered suggestions for strengthening regulations or enacting preventive measures against spiritual sales.
In December 2022 the Kishida government announced a $320bn increase in military spending, due in part to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] [6]
| House of Representatives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Party | First Vote | ||
| Votes | ||||
| Fumio Kishida | Liberal Democratic Party | |||
| Yukio Edano | Constitutional Democratic Party | |||
| Toranosuke Katayama | Japan Innovation Party | |||
| Yuichiro Tamaki | Democratic Party for the People | |||
| Shuji Kira | Independent | |||
| Tarō Yamamoto | Reiwa Shinsengumi | |||
| Source[7] | ||||
| House of Councillors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Party | First Vote | ||
| Votes | ||||
| Fumio Kishida | Liberal Democratic Party | |||
| Yukio Edano | Constitutional Democratic Party | |||
| Toranosuke Katayama | Japan Innovation Party | |||
| Yuichiro Tamaki | Democratic Party for the People | |||
| Tarō Yamamoto | Reiwa Shinsengumi | |||
| Yukiko Kada | Independent | |||
| Yoshimi Watanabe | Independent | |||
| Takae Itō | Democratic Party for the People | |||
| Yōichi Iha | Independent | |||
| Blank vote | ||||
| Source | ||||
| Liberal Democratic | |
| Komeito | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
Citation of this table: List of Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle) Members[8]
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida | R | 4 October 2021 – Present | ||||
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Minoru Terada | R | 10 August 2022 – 20 November 2022 | [9] | |||
| Takeaki Matsumoto | R | 21 November 2022 – 13 September 2023 | [10] | ||||
| Minister of Justice | Yasuhiro Hanashi | R | 10 August 2022 – 11 November 2022 | ||||
| Ken Saitō | R | 11 November 2022 – 13 September 2023 | [11] | ||||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Yoshimasa Hayashi | R | 10 November 2021 – 13 September 2023 | [12] | |||
| Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation | Shun'ichi Suzuki | R | 4 October 2021 – Present | ||||
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding | Keiko Nagaoka | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | Katsunobu Kato | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tetsuro Nomura | C | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| 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 | Yasutoshi Nishimura | R | 10 August 2022 – Present | ||||
| 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 – Present | ||||
| Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness | Akihiro Nishimura | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Minister of Defense | Yasukazu Hamada | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue Minister in Charge of Promoting Vaccinations | Hirokazu Matsuno | R | 4 October 2021 – Present | ||||
| Minister for Digital Transformation Minister of State for Digital Reform Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform | Taro Kono | R | 10 August 2022 – Present | ||||
| Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima | Kenya Akiba | R | 10 August 2022 – 27 December 2022 | [13] | |||
| Hiromichi Watanabe | R | 27 December 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |||||
| 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 | Koichi Tani | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality | Masanobu Ogura | R | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of New Capitalism Minister in charge of Startups Minister in charge of Measures for Novel Coronavirus Disease and Health Crisis Management Minister in charge of Social Security Reform | Daishiro Yamagiwa | R | 10 August 2022 – 25 October 2022 | ||||
| Shigeyuki Goto | R | 25 October 2022 – 13 September 2023 | [14] | ||||
| Minister in charge of Economic Security 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 – Present | ||||
| Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision Minister for the World Expo 2025 Minister in charge of Administrative Reform | Naoki Okada | C | 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Seiji Kihara | R | 4 October 2021 – 13 September 2023 | |||
| Yoshihiko Isozaki | C | 4 October 2021 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Shun'ichi Kuryu | B | 4 October 2021 – Present | former: National Police Agency | |||
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Masaharu Kondo | B | 11 September 2019 – Present | former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Important Policies, Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues | Nobuo Kishi | R | 10 August 2022 – 3 February 2023 | |||
| Seiji Kihara | R | 3 February 2023 – 13 September 2023 | ||||
| Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Human Rights Problems | Gen Nakatani | R | 10 November 2021 – 13 September 2023 | |||
| Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Domestic Economic and other special issues | Hideki Murai | R | 8 October 2021 – 13 September 2023 | |||
| Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Women's Empowerment and LGBT rights | Masako Mori | C | 10 November 2021 – 13 September 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 – Present | |||
| State Minister of Digital Agency | Masaki Ōgushi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| State Minister for Reconstruction | Toshifumi Kojima | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Toshiko Takeya | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| Hiroo Ishii | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the State Minister of Cabinet Office | |||
| State Minister of Cabinet Office | Masaki Ōgushi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Digital Agency | ||
| Satoshi Fujimaru | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| Tsuyoshi Hoshino | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| Yoshiaki Wada | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| Shin'ichi Isa | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |||
| Shin'ichi Nakatani | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |||
| Fusae Ohta | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |||
| Hiroo Ishii | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the State Minister for Reconstruction | |||
| Shigeki Kobayashi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Environment | |||
| Toshirō Ino | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Defense | |||
| State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Asako Omi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Yoshifumi Tsuge | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| State Minister of Justice | Hiroaki Kadoyama | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| State Minister for Foreign Affairs | Shunsuke Takei | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Kenji Yamada | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| State Minister of Finance | Takahiro Inoue | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Kōzō Akino | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | Yōsei Ide | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Kazuo Yana | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | Shun Hanyūda | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Shin'ichi Isa | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office | |||
| State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Takaaki Katsumata | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Atsushi Nonaka | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||||
| State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Shin'ichi Nakatani | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Fusae Ohta | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office | |||
| State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Toshirō Toyoda | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Hiroo Ishii | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister for Reconstruction and the State Minister of Cabinet Office | |||
| State Minister of Environment | Miki Yamada | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Shigeki Kobayashi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office | |||
| State Minister of Defense | Toshirō Ino | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the State Minister of Cabinet Office |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency | Masanao Ozaki | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | Hideyuki Nakano | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Sakon Yamamoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | ||
| Ryūji Satomi | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Shōji Nishida | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | Masanao Ozaki | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency | |
| Eikei Suzuki | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Hanako Jimi | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Hideyuki Nakano | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Akiko Honda | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | ||
| Makoto Nagamine | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Ryūji Satomi | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Shōji Nishida | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Akira Yanagimoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment | ||
| Jirō Kimura | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Ayano Kunimitsu | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Mio Sugita | R | 12 August 2022 – 27 December 2022 | |||
| Junji Hasegawa | R | 27 December 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Takamoto Nakagawa | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Yasuhiro Takami | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Masatoshi Akimoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 4 August 2023 | ||
| Kei Takagi | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Yūmi Yoshikawa | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Shunpei Kaneko | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Shūji Miyamoto | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | Takae Itō | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Sakon Yamamoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | Shōgo Azemoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Akiko Honda | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Hideo Tsunoda | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Shin'ya Fujiki | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Makoto Nagamine | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Ryūji Satomi | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Yasushi Furukawa | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Masato Shimizu | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |||
| Shōji Nishida | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment | Isato Kunisada | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Akira Yanagimoto | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense | Kimi Onoda | C | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | ||
| Jirō Kimura | R | 12 August 2022 – 15 September 2023 | also serves as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office |
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