First Ishiba Cabinet Explained

Cabinet Name:First Ishiba Cabinet
Members Number:20
Cabinet Number:102nd
Incumbent:1 October11 November 2024
Jurisdiction:Japan
Flag:Flag of Japan.svg
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Caption:Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, October 1, 2024
Date Formed:October 1, 2024
Date Dissolved: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)
Legislature Term:HoR: 2021–2024
HoC: 2019–2025 and 2022–2028
Predecessor:Second Kishida Cabinet
Successor:Second Ishiba Cabinet

The First Ishiba Cabinet was the 102nd Cabinet of Japan, formed by Shigeru Ishiba on 1 October 2024, following the resignation of Fumio Kishida after the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election on 27 September 2024. It has 20 members, including two women.[1] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito who controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

After just 41 days it was replaced by the Second Ishiba Cabinet following the 2024 election, making it the second shortest-serving cabinet in Japanese history, after the First Kishida Cabinet.[2]

Election of the prime minister

1 October 2024
214th Special National Diet
House of Representatives
ChoicePartyFirst Vote
Votes
Shigeru IshibaLiberal Democratic Party
Yoshihiko NodaConstitutional Democratic Party
Nobuyuki BabaNippon Ishin no Kai
Tomoko TamuraJapanese Communist Party
Yuichiro TamakiDemocratic Party for the People
Shuji KiraIndependent
(Yūshi no Kai)
Tarō YamamotoReiwa Shinsengumi
Source[3]
1 October 2024
214th Special National Diet
House of Councillors
ChoicePartyFirst Vote
Votes
Shigeru IshibaLiberal Democratic Party
Yoshihiko NodaConstitutional Democratic Party
Nobuyuki BabaNippon Ishin no Kai
Yuichiro TamakiDemocratic Party For the People
Tomoko TamuraJapanese Communist Party
Tarō YamamotoReiwa Shinsengumi
Yōichi IhaIndependent
Takae ItōDemocratic Party For the People
Sohei KamiyaSanseitō
Toshimitsu MotegiLiberal Democratic Party
Sanae TakaichiLiberal 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[4]

PortfolioPortraitMinisterTook officeLeft officeNote
Cabinet ministers
Prime MinisterShigeru IshibaR1 October 202411 November 2024
Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsSeiichiro MurakamiR1 October 202411 November 2024
Minister of JusticeHideki MakiharaR

N
1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister for Foreign AffairsTakeshi IwayaR1 October 202411 November 2024
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
Katsunobu KatōR1 October 202411 November 2024
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyToshiko AbeR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment[5]
Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareTakamaro FukuokaC1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesYasuhiro OzatoR

N
1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
Yoji MutoR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027
Tetsuo SaitoR4 October 202111 November 2024
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Keiichiro AsaoC1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister of DefenseGen NakataniR1 October 202411 November 2024
Chief Cabinet SecretaryYoshimasa HayashiR14 December 202311 November 2024
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 TairaR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Tadahiko ItoR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
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 SakaiR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
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 MiharaC1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
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 AkazawaR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
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 KiuchiR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment
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 ItōR1 October 202411 November 2024First cabinet appointment

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

Deputy Minister!Took office!Left office!Previous office
Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryKeiichiro TachibanaR1 October 2024Incumbent
Kazuhiko AokiC1 October 2024Incumbent
Fumitoshi SatōB1 October 2024IncumbentVice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauNobuyuki IwaoB27 August 2024IncumbentPublic Prosecutors Office

Special Advisors to the Prime Minister

Advisor!Took office!Left office!Previous office
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for important national security policies and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issuesAkihisa NagashimaR1 October 2024Incumbent
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for social infrastructure development such as national resilience and reconstruction, science and technology innovation policy and other special assignmentsMasafumi MoriB1 January 2022Incumbent
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for wages and employmentWakako YataB15 September 2023IncumbentMember of the House of Councillors belonged to the Democratic Party for the People
PortfolioState MinisterTook officeLeft officeConcurrent post
State Minister for Digital TransformationAkimasa IshikawaR15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for ReconstructionHirohisa TakagiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Keiichi KoshimizuR3 October 2024Incumbent
Shigeru DōkoC15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet OfficeAkimasa IshikawaR15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister for Digital Transformation
Tatsunori IbayashiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Shōzō KudōR15 September 2023Incumbent
Atsushi KogaR14 December 2023Incumbent
Kazuchika IwataR15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ryōsuke KōzukiC14 December 2023IncumbentState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Shigeru DōkoC15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Motome TakisawaC15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of the Environment
Makoto OnikiR14 December 2023IncumbentState Minister of Defense
State Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsKōichi WatanabeR15 September 2023Incumbent
Seishi BabaC15 September 2023Incumbent
State Minister of JusticeHiroaki KadoyamaR31 October 2023Incumbent
State Minister for Foreign AffairsKiyoto TsujiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Yoshifumi TsugeC14 December 2023Incumbent
State Minister of FinanceHiroaki SaitōR3 October 2024Incumbent
Shinichi YokoyamaC3 October 2024Incumbent
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyArata TakebeR3 October 2024Incumbent
Sōichiro ImaedaR15 September 2023Incumbent
State Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareYoko WanibuchiR3 October 2024Incumbent
Masahisa MiyazakiR15 September 2023Incumbent
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesNorikazu SuzukiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Nobuhide TakemuraR15 September 2023Incumbent
State Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryKazuchika IwataR15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
Ryōsuke KōzukiC14 December 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismKōnosuke KokubaR15 September 2023Incumbent
Shigeru DōkoC15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of the EnvironmentTetsuya YagiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Motome TakisawaC15 September 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of DefenseMakoto OnikiR14 December 2023IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliamentary vice-ministers

PortfolioParliamentary
Vice-Minister
Took officeLeft officeConcurrent post
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital TransformationShin TsuchidaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for ReconstructionShōjirō HiranumaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Akiko HondaC26 October 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Shinji TakeuchiC3 October 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Masanao OzakiR31 January 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet OfficeShin TsuchidaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
Jun'ichi KandaR15 September 2023Incumbent
Yūichirō KogaC15 September 2023Incumbent
Shōjirō HiranumaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Taku IshiiR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Shinji TakeuchiC3 October 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Masanao OzakiR31 January 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Isato KunisadaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
Shingo MiyakeC15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsShōji NishidaR31 January 2024Incumbent
Junji HasegawaR15 September 2023Incumbent
Toshimitsu FunahashiC15 September 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of JusticeHideyuki NakanoR15 September 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign AffairsMasahiro KōmuraR15 September 2023Incumbent
Yōichi FukazawaR15 September 2023Incumbent
Yasushi HosakaR15 September 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of FinanceTakakazu SetoR15 September 2023Incumbent
Kanehiko ShindoC14 December 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyYasukuni KinjōR3 October 2024Incumbent
Akiko HondaC26 October 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareAkihisa ShiozakiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Yasushi MiuraC15 September 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesKenichi ShōjiR3 October 2024Incumbent
Shōji MaitachiC15 September 2023Incumbent
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryShinji TakeuchiC3 October 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Taku IshiiR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismRintarō IshibashiR15 September 2023Incumbent
Takashi KoyariC15 September 2023Incumbent
Masanao OzakiR31 January 2024IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the EnvironmentKentarō AsahiC15 September 2023Incumbent
Isato KunisadaR15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of DefenseHisashi MatsumotoR15 September 2023Incumbent
Shingo MiyakeC15 September 2023IncumbentParliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

External links

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

Notes and References

  1. News: 石破内閣発足へ にじむ安保シフトと論功行賞、女性閣僚は2人. 1 October 2024. October 1, 2024. The Asahi Shimbun.
  2. News: 【速報】石破内閣が総辞職 11日夜には第2次石破内閣発足へ . TBS NEWS DIG . 2024-11-11 . 2024-11-11.
  3. News: 自民 石破総裁を第102代総理大臣に選出 衆参本会議. October 1, 2024. NHK.
  4. Web site: List of Ministers . 7 September 2024 . Prime Minister's Office of Japan . en.
  5. Web site: Profiles of new Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet members . 1 October 2024 . kyodonews . en.