First Koizumi Cabinet

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First Koizumi Cabinet
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87th Cabinet of Japan
Junichiro Koizumi Cabinet 20010426 (loose version).jpg
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, April 26, 2001
Date formedApril 26, 2001
Date dissolvedNovember 19, 2003
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of government Junichiro Koizumi
Member party LDP-NKP-NCP coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority
Opposition party Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama (until December 10, 2002)
Naoto Kan (from December 10, 2002)
History
Election 2001 councillors election
Predecessor Second Mori Cabinet
Successor Second Koizumi Cabinet

The First Koizumi Cabinet governed Japan from April 2001 until November 2003 under the leadership of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who came to power after winning a surprise victory in the LDP presidential election of 2001. [1] The cabinet continued the LDP-Komeito-NCP coalition and contained a record number of 5 women, including Makiko Tanaka as the first female Foreign Minister. Several ministers from the previous Mori Administration remained in office to ensure the continuity and stability of government. [2] Unusually for an LDP leader, Koizumi chose his cabinet himself and personally asked ministers to join the government, unlike previous practice where party factional leaders often chose government posts. [3]

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Koizumi administration

Koizumi took office at a time of prolonged economic difficulties for Japan after the first "Lost Decade", including a banking sector affected by "bad loans". His policies promised bold structural reforms to economic, administrative and social policy using the slogans "reform with no sacred areas" and "without structural reforms there can be no economic recovery", explaining that he expected the country to endure short-term hardship, including higher unemployment, to make longer-term economic gains. [4] [5] [6] [7] Despite these promises of initial economic difficulties, the Koizumi cabinet enjoyed record popularity during its first year (reaching 90 percent in some polls), and the LDP gained several seats in the June 2001 upper house elections. [8] [9]

Koizumi's popularity declined significantly in early 2002 after he sacked Tanaka for disloyalty and for feuding with bureaucrats, and a series of scandals relating to the agriculture and foreign ministries came to light. [10] [11] In response, Koizumi ordered a quickening of the pace in terms of structural reform plans and made a highly publicised visit to North Korea in the autumn to discuss abducted Japanese citizens, which led to a recovery in his poll ratings. [12] [13] [14] [15] The first cabinet reshuffle then took place in September 2002 and did not bring about any major personnel changes, but did remove Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, who Koizumi felt was too timid on economic reform. [16]

The second cabinet reshuffle took place in September 2003, following Koizumi's re-election as LDP leader by a large margin, and involved substantial changes including the promotion of the reformist Sadakazu Tanigaki to Finance Minister. Despite this, the key figures of Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizō Takenaka were kept in post. [17] [18] Koizumi then dissolved the Diet and called general elections in November 2003, which returned his coalition to office and led to the formation of the Second Koizumi Cabinet. [19] [20] The first Koizumi cabinet was the last to include the New Conservative Party as a coalition partner, which had declined in strength since its founding in April 2000 and finally merged with the LDP at Koizumi's suggestion after the 2003 election. [21]

Election of the prime minister

26 April 2001
House of Representatives
Absolute majority (241/480) required
ChoiceFirst Vote
Votes
Yes check.svg Junichiro Koizumi
287 / 480
Yukio Hatoyama
127 / 480
Ozawa Ichiro
22 / 480
Shii Kazuo
20 / 480
Takako Doi
19 / 480
Abstentions (Including blank ballots)
5 / 480
Source Diet Minutes - 151st Session

Lists of ministers

   Liberal Democratic
   New Komeito
   New Conservative
   Independent
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

Cabinet

First Koizumi Cabinet from April 26, 2001 to September 30, 2002
PortfolioMinisterTerm of office
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi RApril 26, 2001 - September 26, 2006
Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Toranosuke Katayama CJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Justice Mayumi Moriyama RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka RApril 26, 2001 - January 30, 2002
Junichiro Koizumi RJanuary 30, 2002 - February 1, 2002
Yoriko Kawaguchi -February 1, 2002 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Finance Masajuro Shiokawa RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Atsuko Toyama -April 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Chikara Sakaguchi RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tsutomu Takebe RApril 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Chikage Ogi CJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of the Environment Yoriko Kawaguchi -January 6, 2001 - February 8, 2002
Hiroshi Ōki RFebruary 8, 2002 - September 30, 2002
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister for Gender Equality
Yasuo Fukuda ROctober 27, 2000 - May 7, 2004
Director of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister for Disaster Management
Jin Murai RApril 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Director of the Japan Defense Agency Gen Nakatani RApril 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy)
Kōji Omi RApril 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Minister of State for Financial Services Hakuo Yanagisawa RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Heizō Takenaka -April 26, 2001 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Nobuteru Ishihara RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Shinzo Abe RJuly 4, 2000 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Kosei Ueno CJuly 4, 2000 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Teijiro Furukawa -February 24, 1995 - September 22, 2003

Changes

  • January 30, 2002 - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka was dismissed following a series of leaks and public feuds with Foreign Ministry bureaucrats. Prime Minister Koizumi temporarily took over her duties until February 1, when Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi was promoted as replacement. The senior Foreign Ministry official, Vice Minister Yoshiji Nogami was also removed. [22]
  • February 8, 2002 - Shortly after becoming Foreign Minister, Kawaguchi relinquished the Environment portfolio and was replaced by Hiroshi Ōki.

First reshuffled cabinet

First Koizumi Cabinet
(First Reshuffle)
Flag of Japan.svg
87th Cabinet of Japan
Junichiro Koizumi Cabinet 20020930.jpg
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, September 30, 2002
Date formedSeptember 30, 2002
Date dissolvedSeptember 22, 2003
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of government Junichiro Koizumi
Member party LDP-NKP-NCP coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority
Opposition party Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama (until December 10, 2002)
Naoto Kan (from December 10, 2002)
History
Election 2001 councillors election
Predecessor First Koizumi Cabinet
Successor First Koizumi Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
First Koizumi Cabinet from September 30, 2002 to September 22, 2003
PortfolioMinisterTerm of office
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi RApril 26, 2001 - September 26, 2006
Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Toranosuke Katayama CJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Justice Mayumi Moriyama RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi -February 1, 2002 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Finance Masajuro Shiokawa RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Atsuko Toyama -April 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Chikara Sakaguchi RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tadamori Oshima RSeptember 30, 2002 - April 1, 2003
Yoshiyuki Kamei RApril 1, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Chikage Ogi CJanuary 6, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister of the Environment Shun'ichi Suzuki RSeptember 30, 2002 - September 22, 2003
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister for Gender Equality
Yasuo Fukuda ROctober 27, 2000 - May 7, 2004
Director of the National Public Safety Commission Sadakazu Tanigaki RSeptember 30, 2002 - September 22, 2003
Director of the Japan Defense Agency Shigeru Ishiba RSeptember 30, 2002 - September 27, 2004
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy)
Hiroyuki Hosoda RSeptember 30, 2002 - September 22, 2003
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Financial Services
Heizō Takenaka -April 26, 2001 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Nobuteru Ishihara RApril 26, 2001 - September 22, 2003
Minister for Disaster Management
Minister for Special Zones for Structural Reform
Yoshitada Konoike CSeptember 30, 2002 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Shinzo Abe RJuly 4, 2000 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Kosei Ueno CJuly 4, 2000 - September 22, 2003
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Teijiro Furukawa -February 24, 1995 - September 22, 2003

Changes

  • December 25, 2002 - The Conservative Party was dissolved and reformed as the New Conservative Party when some members of the Democratic Party defected and allied with the Conservatives. The party continued in coalition. [23]
  • April 1, 2003 - Agriculture Minister Tadamori Oshima resigned due to a bribery scandal involving a former aide, and was replaced with Yoshiyuki Kamei. [24]

Second reshuffled cabinet

First Koizumi Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
Flag of Japan.svg
87th Cabinet of Japan
Koizumi Government 20030920.jpg
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, September 22, 2003
Date formedSeptember 22, 2003
Date dissolvedNovember 19, 2003
People and organisations
Head of stateEmperor Akihito
Head of government Junichiro Koizumi
Member party LDP-NKP-NCP coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority
Opposition party Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama (until December 10, 2002)
Naoto Kan (from December 10, 2002)
History
Election 2001 councillors election
Predecessor First Koizumi Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
Successor Second Koizumi Cabinet
First Koizumi Cabinet from September 22, 2003 to November 19, 2003
PortfolioMinisterTerm of office
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi RApril 26, 2001 - September 26, 2006
Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Tarō Asō RSeptember 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Minister of Justice Daizō Nozawa CSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi -February 1, 2002 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Finance Sadakazu Tanigaki RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Takeo Kawamura RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare Chikara Sakaguchi RJanuary 6, 2001 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yoshiyuki Kamei RApril 1, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shōichi Nakagawa RSeptember 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Nobuteru Ishihara RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of the Environment Yuriko Koike RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister for Gender Equality
Yasuo Fukuda ROctober 27, 2000 - May 7, 2004
Director of the National Public Safety Commission Kiyoko Ono CSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Director of the Japan Defense Agency Shigeru Ishiba RSeptember 30, 2002 - September 27, 2004
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy)
Minister of State for Personal Information Protection
Toshimitsu Motegi RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Financial Services
Heizō Takenaka -April 26, 2001 - October 31, 2005
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan
Minister of State for Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Kazuyoshi Kaneko RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Minister for Disaster Management
Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation
Kiichi Inoue RSeptember 22, 2003 - September 27, 2004
Deputy Secretaries
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Representatives) Hiroyuki Hosoda RSeptember 22, 2003 - May 7, 2004
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs - House of Councillors) Masaaki Yamazaki CSeptember 22, 2003 - October 31, 2005
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat) Masahiro Futahashi -September 22, 2003 - September 26, 2006

Changes

  • November 11, 2003 - After poor results in the general election, the New Conservative Party accepted Koizumi's suggestion that it merge with the LDP. The NCP formally dissolved on November 21. [25]

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