Suga Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:Suga Cabinet
Cabinet Number:99th
Jurisdiction:Japan
Flag:Flag of Japan.svg
Flag Border:true
Date Formed:September 16, 2020
Date Dissolved:October 4, 2021
Government Head:Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Government Head History:Member of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996-)
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006-2007)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012-2020)
Deputy Government Head:Tarō Asō
Total Number:27
Political Party:Liberal DemocraticKomeito Coalition
Legislature Status:HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Predecessor:Fourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffled)
Successor:First Kishida Cabinet

The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021.[1] 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.

Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days.[2] [3] [4]

Election of the prime minister

16 September 2020
House of Representatives
ChoiceFirst Vote
Votes
Yoshihide Suga
Yukio Edano
Toranosuke Katayama
Nariaki Nakayama
Shinjiro Koizumi
Abstentions/vacant
Source[5]
16 September 2020
House of Councillors
ChoiceFirst Vote
Votes
Yoshihide Suga
Yukio Edano
Toranosuke Katayama
Takae Itō
Blank
Abstentions/vacant
Source[6]

Lists of ministers



R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet

Minister!Term!Note
Prime MinisterYoshihide SugaRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
Tarō AsōRDecember 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021[7]
Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsRyota TakedaRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of JusticeYōko KamikawaRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister for Foreign AffairsToshimitsu MotegiRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Minister of DefenseNobuo KishiRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
Koichi HagiudaRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister in charge of Working-style Reform
Norihisa TamuraRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesKōtarō NogamiCSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
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
Hiroshi KajiyamaROctober 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Kazuyoshi AkabaRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Minister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021)
Shinjiro KoizumiRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue
Katsunobu KatōRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Katsuei HirasawaRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Chairperson 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
Minister of State for Ocean Policy
Hachiro OkonogiRSeptember 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021
Yasufumi TanahashiRJune 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021)
Tarō KōnoRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021)
Tetsushi SakamotoRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Yasutoshi NishimuraRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Minister for Digital TransformationMinister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System
Minister in charge of Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy
Takuya HiraiRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Seiko HashimotoCSeptember 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021[8]
Tamayo MarukawaCFebruary 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021
Minister in charge of the Osaka World Expo
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for the Intellectual Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Shinji InoueRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Deputy Minister!Term!Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryManabu SakaiRSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Naoki OkadaCSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Kazuhiro SugitaBDecember 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauMasaharu KondoBSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

Adviser!Term!Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National SecurityMinoru KiharaRSeptember 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Diplomacy and Economic IssuesMasashi AdachiCSeptember 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Social Capital Development, Regional Revitalization, National Resilience, Reconstruction, Health and Medical Care, Scientific and Technological InnovationHiroto IzumiBJanuary 21, 2013 – October 4, 2021from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Policy Evaluation and VerificationMeiji KakizakiBOctober 1, 2020 – October 4, 2021former journalist of Kyodo News

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suga becomes Japan PM, forms continuity Cabinet as Abe era ends. September 16, 2020. September 16, 2020. Kyodo News.
  2. Web site: The Resignation En Masse of the Suga Cabinet (The Prime Minister in Action) Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet . japan.kantei.go.jp . . 4 October 2021 . en.
  3. News: Suga's Cabinet Resigns En Masse . 4 October 2021 . . 4 October 2021.
  4. News: Suga Cabinet resigns en masse after 384 days in office . 4 October 2021 . the-japan-news.com . 4 October 2021 . 4 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211004090425/https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007841013 . dead .
  5. 1306092139034505216. kokkai_news. 衆議院首班指名選挙 結果菅義偉        314票枝野幸男       134票片山虎之助      11票中山成彬       2票小泉進次郎      1票菅義偉氏が衆議院において首相に指名される. 16 September 2020.
  6. 1306098633394106368. kokkai_news. 参議院首班指名投票の結果菅義偉      142票枝野幸男     78票片山虎之助    16票伊藤孝恵     1票白票       3票参議院でも菅義偉氏が首相に指名される。衆参で同一人物が首相に指名されたため、菅義偉氏が第99代内閣総理大臣に就任へ. 16 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Health Minister Kato to be Chief Cabinet Secretary NHK WORLD-JAPAN News. 2020-09-15. NHK WORLD. en.
  8. Web site: LDP lawmaker Marukawa succeeds Hashimoto as Olympic minister. 18 February 2021. Kyodo News. 18 February 2021.