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List of Ministers
September 2, 2011 (Provisional Translation)
As of December 22, 2011
Prime Minister
Yoshihiko NODA (R)
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Minister for Regional Revitalization
Tatsuo KAWABATA (R)
Minister of Justice Hideo HIRAOKA (R)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro GEMBA (R)
Minister of Finance Jun AZUMI (R)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masaharu NAKAGAWA (R)
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yoko KOMIYAMA (R)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko KANO (R)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Minister for Nuclear Incident Economic Countermeasures
Yukio EDANO (R)
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Takeshi MAEDA (C)
Minister of the Environment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
Goshi HOSONO (R)
Minister of Defense Yasuo ICHIKAWA (C)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu FUJIMURA (R)
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister for the Abduction Issue
Kenji YAMAOKA (R)
Minister for Postal Reform
Minister of State for Financial Services
Shozaburo JIMI (C)
Minister for National Policy
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister for Total Reform of Social Security and Tax
Minister for Space Policy
Motohisa FURUKAWA (R)
Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Minister of State for the New Public Commons
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate, and Gender Equality
Minister for Civil Service Reform
RENHO (C)
Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Tatsuo HIRANO (C)


List of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tsuyoshi SAITO (R)
Hiroyuki NAGAHAMA (C)
Makoto TAKETOSHI -
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Tsuneyuki YAMAMOTO -

  • "R" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Representatives.
  • "C" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Councillors.