| Cabinet Name: | Second Matsukata Cabinet |
| State Head: | Meiji |
| State Head Title: | Emperor |
| Government Head: | Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Date Dissolved: | January 12, 1898 |
| Date Formed: | September 18, 1896 |
| Caption: | Prime Minister Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Cabinet Number: | 6th |
| Predecessor: | Second Itō Cabinet |
| Successor: | Third Itō cabinet |
The Second Matsukata Cabinet is the sixth Cabinet of Japan led by Matsukata Masayoshi from September 18, 1896, to January 12, 1898.
| Portfolio | Minister | Political party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Count Matsukata Masayoshi | Independent | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | ||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 22, 1896 | ||
| Count Ōkuma Shigenobu | Shimpotō | September 22, 1896 | November 6, 1897 | |||
| Baron Nishi Tokujirō | Independent | November 6, 1897 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Home Affairs | Count Itagaki Taisuke | Liberal | September 18, 1896 | September 20, 1896 | ||
| Count Kabayama Sukenori | Military (Navy) | September 20, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Finance | Count Matsukata Masayoshi | Independent | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | ||
| Minister of the Army | Count Ōyama Iwao | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | September 20, 1896 | ||
| Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke | Military (Army) | September 20, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of the Navy | Marquess Saigō Jūdō | Kokumin Kyōkai | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | ||
| Minister of Justice | Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 26, 1896 | ||
| Kiyoura Keigo | Study Group | September 26, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Education | Marquess Saionji Kinmochi | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 28, 1896 | ||
| Marquess Hachisuka Mochiaki | Independent | September 28, 1896 | November 6, 1897 | |||
| Hamao Arata | Independent | November 6, 1897 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | Viscount Enomoto Takeaki | Military (Navy) | September 18, 1896 | March 29, 1897 | ||
| Count Ōkuma Shigenobu | Shimpotō | March 29, 1897 | November 6, 1897 | |||
| Vacant | November 6, 1897 | November 8, 1897 | ||||
| Baron Yamada Nobumichi | Independent | November 8, 1897 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Communications | Shirane Sen'ichi | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 26, 1896 | ||
| Viscount Yasushi Nomura | Independent | September 26, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | Viscount Takashima Tomonosuke | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | September 2, 1897 | ||
| Minister without portfolio | Count Kuroda Kiyotaka | Military (Army) | September 18, 1896 | January 12, 1898 | ||
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kenzo Takahashi | Shimpotō | September 18, 1896 | October 8, 1897 | ||
| Narinobu Hirayama | Independent | October 8, 1897 | January 12, 1898 | |||
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Suematsu Kenchō | Independent | September 18, 1896 | September 30, 1896 | ||
| Tomotsune Komuchi | Shimpotō | September 30, 1896 | October 28, 1897 | |||
| Ume Kenjirō | Independent | October 28, 1897 | January 12, 1898 | |||
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