THIRD ABE CABINET

Third Abe cabinet
Third Abe cabinet
; 97th Cabinet of Japan
	Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, December 24, 2014
Date formed	December 24, 2014
Date dissolved	November 1, 2017
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzō Abe
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Member party	Liberal Democratic– Komeito coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority; HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
Opposition party	Democratic Party of Japan (2014-2016)→; Democratic Party (2016-2017)→; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
Opposition leader	Katsuya Okada (2014-2016); Renhō (2016-2017); Seiji Maehara (2017);
History
Election(s)	2014 general election; 2016 councillors election
Predecessor	Second Abe cabinet
Successor	Fourth Abe cabinet

The Third Abe cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of the prime minister, Shinzō Abe, from December 2014 to November 2017. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Following the 2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by the Fourth Abe cabinet.

Background

Following the snap "Abenomics Dissolution" and general election of 2014, Abe was re-elected by the Diet and chose to retain all the ministers from his previous cabinet except the defense minister, Akinori Eto, who had been involved in a money scandal. Abe explained that he aimed to avoid the disruption of another major personnel change only three months after the September cabinet reshuffle.^[1]

Abe conducted three reshuffles of his third administration. The first took place in October 2015 following his re-election to another three-year term as president of the LDP and the launch of his "Abenomics 2.0" policies.^[2] The second reshuffle occurred in August 2016, following the victory of the ruling coalition in the July 2016 upper house elections, the first time since 1989 that the LDP held an outright majority in the House of Councillors.^[3] The third reshuffle occurred in August 2017.

Election of the prime minister

24 December 2014
House of Representatives Absolute majority (236/470) required
Choice		Vote
Choice		Caucuses	Votes
	Y Shinzō Abe	LDP (290), Independent [Speaker] (1), NKP (35), Others (2)	328 / 470
	Katsuya Okada	DPJ (72), Independent [Vice-Speaker] (1)	73 / 470
	Kenji Eda	Japan Innovation Party (41)	41 / 470
	Kazuo Shii	JCP (18)	18 / 470
	Takeo Hiranuma	PfG (2), Independent (1)	3 / 470
	Tadatomo Yoshida	SDP (2)	2 / 470
	Keiichirō Asao	Independent (1)	1 / 470
	Toshinobu Nakazato	Independent (1)	1 / 470
	Blank ballots	Independents/Others (2)	2 / 470
	Unattributable vote	(1)	1 / 470
Source: 188th Diet Session (House of Representatives) Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus)

24 December 2014
House of Councillors Absolute majority (121/240) required
Choice		Vote
Choice		Caucuses	Votes
	Y Shinzō Abe	LDP (113), NKP (20), AEJ (2)	135 / 240
	Katsuya Okada	DPJ- SR (58), PLP (2), Independent [Vice-President] (1)	61 / 240
	Kenji Eda	JIP (11)	11 / 240
	Kazuo Shii	JCP (11)	11 / 240
	Takeo Hiranuma	PFG (6)	6 / 240
	Tadatomo Yoshida	SDP (3), Independent [ OSMP (1)	4 / 240
	Hiroyuki Arai	NRP-Group of Independents (2)	2 / 240
	Kōta Matsuda	AEJ (2)	2 / 240
	Tarō Yamada	AEJ (1)	1 / 240
	Tarō Yamamoto	Independent (1)	1 / 240
	Blank ballots	PFG (1), AEJ (1), Independent Club (4)	6 / 240
Source: 188th Diet Session (House of Councillors) (lists individual votes grouped by caucus)

Lists of ministers

Liberal Democratic
Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors　
N = Non- Diet member

Cabinet

Third Abe cabinet from December 24, 2014 to October 7, 2015
Portfolio			Term
Prime minister	Shinzō Abe	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation	Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021
Minister for internal affairs and communications	Sanae Takaichi	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of justice	Yōko Kamikawa	R	October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister of foreign affairs	Fumio Kishida	R	December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017
Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding	Hakubun Shimomura	R	December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015
Minister of health, labour, and welfare	Yasuhisa Shiozaki	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Koya Nishikawa	R	September 3, 2014 – February 23, 2015
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Yoshimasa Hayashi	C	February 23, 2015 – October 7, 2015
Minister of economy, trade and iIndustry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness 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	Yoichi Miyazawa	C	October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy	Akihiro Ota	R	December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015
Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness	Yoshio Mochizuki	R	September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister of defence Minister in charge of security legislation	Gen Nakatani	R	December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016
Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa	Yoshihide Suga	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima	Wataru Takeshita	R	September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management	Eriko Yamatani	C	September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" Strategy	Shunichi Yamaguchi	R	September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister in charge of support for women's empowerment Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality	Haruko Arimura	C	September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015
Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy	Akira Amari	R	December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016
Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for the National Strategic Special Zones	Shigeru Ishiba	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016
Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games	Toshiaki Endo	R	June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)	Katsunobu Kato	R	December 26, 2012 - October 7, 2015
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)	Hiroshige Seko	C	December 26, 2012 - August 13, 2016
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)	Kazuhiro Sugita	-	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021

Changes

February 23, 2015 – The agriculture minister, Koya Nishikawa, resigned because of a campaign finance scandal. His immediate predecessor, Yoshimasa Hayashi, was recalled to replace him.^[4]
June 25, 2015 – A new position of minister for the Olympics was created. Toshiaki Endo was appointed the inaugural minister.^[5]

First reshuffled cabinet

Third Abe cabinet from October 7, 2015 to August 3, 2016
Portfolio			Term
Prime minister	Shinzō Abe	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation	Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021
Minister for internal affairs and communications	Sanae Takaichi	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of justice	Mitsuhide Iwaki	C→N	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of foreign affairs	Fumio Kishida	R	December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017
Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding	Hiroshi Hase	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of health, labour, and welfare	Yasuhisa Shiozaki	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Hiroshi Moriyama	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness 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	Motoo Hayashi	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy	Keiichi Ishii	R	October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness	Tamayo Marukawa	C	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of defence	Gen Nakatani	R	December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016
Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa	Yoshihide Suga	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima	Tsuyoshi Takagi	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for disaster management	Taro Kono	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" strategy	Aiko Shimajiri	C→N	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy	Akira Amari	R	December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016
	Nobuteru Ishihara	R	January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality	Katsunobu Katō	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017
Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of State for the National Strategic Special Zones	Shigeru Ishiba	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016
Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games	Toshiaki Endo	R	June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)	Kōichi Hagiuda	R	October 7, 2015 - August 3, 2017
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)	Hiroshige Seko	C	December 26, 2012 - August 13, 2016
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)	Kazuhiro Sugita	-	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021

Changes

January 28, 2016 – The economic revitalization minister, Akira Amari, resignedbecause of a bribery scandal and was replaced with Nobuteru Ishihara.^[6]
July 2016 – The justice minister, Mitsuhide Iwaki, and the Okinawa minister, Aiko Shimajiri, lost their seats in the House of Councillors election but remained in office as ministers until the August cabinet reshuffle.^[7]

Second reshuffled cabinet

Third Abe cabinet from August 3, 2016 to August 3, 2017
Portfolio			Term
Prime minister	Shinzō Abe	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2021
Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation	Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021
Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister of state for the social security and tax number system	Sanae Takaichi	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of justice	Katsutoshi Kaneda	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister of foreign affairs	Fumio Kishida	R	December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017
Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding	Hirokazu Matsuno	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister of health, labour, and welfare	Yasuhisa Shiozaki	R	September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Yuji Yamamoto	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation 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	Hiroshige Sekō	C	August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019
Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy	Keiichi Ishii	R	October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness	Koichi Yamamoto	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister of defence	Tomomi Inada	R	August 3, 2016 – July 28, 2017
Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa	Yoshihide Suga	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima	Masahiro Imamura	R	August 3, 2016 – April 26, 2017
	Masayoshi Yoshino	R	April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for disaster management	Jun Matsumoto	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of State for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy	Yōsuke Tsuruho	C	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy	Nobuteru Ishihara	R	January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister for working-style rReform Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality	Katsunobu Katō	R	October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017
Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform	Kozo Yamamoto	R	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games	Tamayo Marukawa	C	August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)	Kōichi Hagiuda	R	October 7, 2015 - August 3, 2017
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)	Kōtarō Nogami	C	August 13, 2016 - September 11, 2019
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)	Kazuhiro Sugita	-	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021

Changes

April 26, 2017 – The reconstruction minister, Masahiro Imamura, was dismissed because of comments he made about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and was replaced by Masayoshi Yoshino.^[8]^[9]
July 28, 2017 – The defense minister, Tomomi Inada, resigned.

Third reshuffled cabinet

Third Abe cabinet from August 3, 2017 to November 1, 2017
Portfolio			Term
Prime minister	Shinzō Abe	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation	Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021
Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister of state for the social security and tax number system	Seiko Noda	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of justice	Yōko Kamikawa	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of foreign affairs	Taro Kono	R	August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019
Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding	Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of health, labour, and welfare Minister for working-style reform Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for the abduction issue	Katsunobu Katō	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Ken Saitō	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of economy, trade and iIndustry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation 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	Hiroshige Sekō	C	August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019
Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy	Keiichi Ishii	R	October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness	Masaharu Nakagawa	C	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of defence	Itsunori Onodera	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa	Yoshihide Suga	R	December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020
Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy coordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima	Masayoshi Yoshino	R	April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management	Hachiro Okonogi	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for ocean policy Minister in charge of territorial issues	Tetsuma Esaki	R	August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018
Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy	Toshimitsu Motegi	R	August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019
Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of state for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy	Masaji Matsuyama	C	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister of state for regional revitalization Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of regional revitalization Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform	Hiroshi Kajiyama	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games	Shunichi Suzuki	R	August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives)	Yasutoshi Nishimura	R	August 3, 2017 - September 11, 2019
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors)	Kōtarō Nogami	C	August 13, 2016 - September 11, 2019
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)	Kazuhiro Sugita	-	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021

References

^ "Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister". BBC News. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Yoshida, Reiji; Kameda, Masaaki (24 December 2014). "Shinzo Abe begins new term as prime minister, launches Cabinet". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Abenomics 2.0 – PM updates plan to refresh Japanese economy". The Guardian. Associated Press. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Yamaguchi, Mari (7 October 2015). "Abe reshuffles Cabinet, adding minister to focus on economy". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Abe Reshuffles Cabinet After House of Councillors Election (August 2016)". Nippon.com. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- "LDP to regain Upper House majority for first time in 27 years". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ Kameda, Masaaki (23 February 2015). "Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ Elaine Lies & Kiyoshi Takenaka (25 June 2015). "Veteran politician Endo named Japan Olympics minister". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Japanese economy minister Akira Amari quits over bribery claims". BBC News. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Cabinet duo loses; LDP out of Okinawa". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Reconstruction minister sacked over gaffe". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "To smooth things over, Abe picks minister from disaster-hit region". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

External links

Pages at the Kantei (English website):

[1] "Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister". BBC News. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Yoshida, Reiji; Kameda, Masaaki (24 December 2014). "Shinzo Abe begins new term as prime minister, launches Cabinet". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[2] "Abenomics 2.0 – PM updates plan to refresh Japanese economy". The Guardian. Associated Press. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Yamaguchi, Mari (7 October 2015). "Abe reshuffles Cabinet, adding minister to focus on economy". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[3] "Abe Reshuffles Cabinet After House of Councillors Election (August 2016)". Nippon.com. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- "LDP to regain Upper House majority for first time in 27 years". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[4] Kameda, Masaaki (23 February 2015). "Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[5] Elaine Lies & Kiyoshi Takenaka (25 June 2015). "Veteran politician Endo named Japan Olympics minister". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[6] "Japanese economy minister Akira Amari quits over bribery claims". BBC News. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[7] "Cabinet duo loses; LDP out of Okinawa". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[8] "Reconstruction minister sacked over gaffe". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[9] "To smooth things over, Abe picks minister from disaster-hit region". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

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v t e Cabinets of Japan
Empire of Japan (1885–1947)	Itō I Kuroda Sanjō caretaker Yamagata I Matsukata I Itō II Matsukata II Itō III Ōkuma I Yamagata II Itō IV Katsura I Saionji I Katsura II Saionji II Katsura III Yamamoto I Ōkuma II Terauchi Hara Takahashi Katō To. Yamamoto II Kiyoura Katō Ta. Wakatsuki I Tanaka G. Hamaguchi Wakatsuki II Inukai Saitō Okada Hirota Hayashi Konoe I Hiranuma N. Abe Yonai Konoe II Konoe III Tōjō Koiso K. Suzuki Higashikuni Shidehara Yoshida I
Japan (1947–present)	Katayama Ashida Yoshida II Yoshida III (R1) (R2) (R3) Yoshida IV Yoshida V I. Hatoyama I I. Hatoyama II I. Hatoyama III Ishibashi Kishi I (R) Kishi II (R) Ikeda I Ikeda II (R1) (R2) (R3) Ikeda III (R) Satō I (R1) (R2) (R3) Satō II (R1) (R2) Satō III (R) K. Tanaka I K. Tanaka II (R1) (R2) Miki (R) T. Fukuda (R) Ōhira I Ōhira II Z. Suzuki (R) Nakasone I Nakasone II (R1) (R2) Nakasone III Takeshita (R) Uno Kaifu I Kaifu II (R) Miyazawa (R) Hosokawa Hata Murayama (R) Hashimoto I Hashimoto II (R) Obuchi (R1) (R2) Mori I Mori II (R Before 2001 CGR) (R After 2001 CGR) Koizumi I (R1) (R2) Koizumi II (R) Koizumi III (R) S. Abe I (R) Y. Fukuda (R) Asō Y. Hatoyama Kan (R1) (R2) Noda (R1) (R2) (R3) S. Abe II (R) S. Abe III (R1) (R2) (R3) S. Abe IV (R1) (R2) Suga Kishida I Kishida II R1 R2
Current cabinet

v t e Cabinets of Japan
Empire of Japan (1885–1947)	Itō I Kuroda Sanjō caretaker Yamagata I Matsukata I Itō II Matsukata II Itō III Ōkuma I Yamagata II Itō IV Katsura I Saionji I Katsura II Saionji II Katsura III Yamamoto I Ōkuma II Terauchi Hara Takahashi Katō To. Yamamoto II Kiyoura Katō Ta. Wakatsuki I Tanaka G. Hamaguchi Wakatsuki II Inukai Saitō Okada Hirota Hayashi Konoe I Hiranuma N. Abe Yonai Konoe II Konoe III Tōjō Koiso K. Suzuki Higashikuni Shidehara Yoshida I
Japan (1947–present)	Katayama Ashida Yoshida II Yoshida III (R1) (R2) (R3) Yoshida IV Yoshida V I. Hatoyama I I. Hatoyama II I. Hatoyama III Ishibashi Kishi I (R) Kishi II (R) Ikeda I Ikeda II (R1) (R2) (R3) Ikeda III (R) Satō I (R1) (R2) (R3) Satō II (R1) (R2) Satō III (R) K. Tanaka I K. Tanaka II (R1) (R2) Miki (R) T. Fukuda (R) Ōhira I Ōhira II Z. Suzuki (R) Nakasone I Nakasone II (R1) (R2) Nakasone III Takeshita (R) Uno Kaifu I Kaifu II (R) Miyazawa (R) Hosokawa Hata Murayama (R) Hashimoto I Hashimoto II (R) Obuchi (R1) (R2) Mori I Mori II (R Before 2001 CGR) (R After 2001 CGR) Koizumi I (R1) (R2) Koizumi II (R) Koizumi III (R) S. Abe I (R) Y. Fukuda (R) Asō Y. Hatoyama Kan (R1) (R2) Noda (R1) (R2) (R3) S. Abe II (R) S. Abe III (R1) (R2) (R3) S. Abe IV (R1) (R2) Suga Kishida I Kishida II R1 R2
Current cabinet

Background

Election of the prime minister