Second Nakasone Cabinet

Second Nakasone Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
Second Nakasone Cabinet; (Second Reshuffle)
; 72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	December 28, 1985
Date dissolved	July 22, 1986
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party ; New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party ; Kōmeitō ; Democratic Socialist Party ; Japanese Communist Party ; ;
History
Elections	38th general election (1986) ; 14th Councillors election (1986)
Predecessor	Second Nakasone Cabinet; (First Reshuffle)
Successor	Third Nakasone Cabinet

Second Nakasone Cabinet
(First Reshuffle)
Second Nakasone Cabinet; (First Reshuffle)
; 72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	November 1, 1984
Date dissolved	December 28, 1985
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party ; New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party ; Kōmeitō ; Democratic Socialist Party ; Japanese Communist Party ; ;
History
Predecessor	Second Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Second Nakasone Cabinet; (Second Reshuffle)

Second Nakasone Cabinet
Second Nakasone Cabinet
; 72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	December 27, 1983
Date dissolved	November 1, 1984
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party ; New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party ; Kōmeitō ; Democratic Socialist Party ; Japanese Communist Party ; ;
History
Predecessor	First Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Second Nakasone Cabinet; (First Reshuffle)

Last updated December 14, 2025

The Second Nakasone Cabinet is the 72nd Cabinet of Japan headed by Yasuhiro Nakasone from December 27, 1983, to July 22, 1986.^[1]

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Eisaku Sumi	Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Yoshirō Mori	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Kōzō Watanabe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Shinjirō Yamamura	Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Hikosaburo Okonogi	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Kichizō Hosoda	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Posts	Keiwa Okuda	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Misoji Sakamoto	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Construction	Kiyoshi Mizuno	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Seiichi Tagawa	New Liberal Club
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Takao Fujinami	Liberal Democratic
Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office	Ichirō Nakanishi	Liberal Democratic	for Crisis Management In charge of reuse issues at the former Japanese Embassy in Berlin ^{[note 1]}	Abolished on July 1, 1984
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Ichirō Nakanishi	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Administrative Management Agency	Masaharu Gotōda	Liberal Democratic		Abolished on July 1, 1984
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	Masaharu Gotōda	Liberal Democratic		Established on July 1, 1984
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the National Land Agency	Sakonshirō Inamura	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Defense Agency	Yūkō Kurihara	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Toshio Kōmoto	Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Michiyuki Isurugi	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Environment Agency	Minoru Ueda	Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Toyohiko Mizuhira	Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Shōichi Fujimori	Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi	Bureaucrat
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office	Mitsuo Horiuchi	Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs Abolished on July 1, 1984
	Susumu Yamaji	Bureaucrat		for General Affairs Abolished on July 1, 1984

Source:^[1]

First Reshuffled Cabinet

The first Cabinet reshuffle took place on November 1, 1984.

Portfolio	Minister		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Hitoshi Shimasaki	Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Hikaru Matsunaga	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Hiroyuki Masuoka	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Moriyoshi Satō	Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Keijirō Murata	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Tokuo Yamashita	Liberal Democratic	In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts	Megumu Satō	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Toshio Yamaguchi	New Liberal Club
Minister of Construction	Yoshiaki Kibe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Tōru Furuya	Liberal Democratic
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Takao Fujinami	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	Masaharu Gotōda	Liberal Democratic
Director of the National Land Agency Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency	Kakuzo Kawamoto	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Toshio Kōmoto	Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality	Resigned on August 14, 1985
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Takao Fujimoto	Liberal Democratic		Appointed on August 14, 1985
Director of the Defense Agency	Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Ippei Kaneko	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Reiichi Takeuchi	Liberal Democratic	Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency	Shigeru Ishimoto	Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Taku Yamasaki	Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Shōichi Fujimori	Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi	Bureaucrat

Source:^[1]

Second Reshuffled Cabinet

The second Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 28, 1985.

Portfolio	Minister		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Seigo Suzuki	Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Toshiki Kaifu	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Isamu Imai	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Tsutomu Hata	Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Michio Watanabe	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	Liberal Democratic	In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts	Bunsei Satō	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Yū Hayashi	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Construction	Takami Eto	Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Ichirō Ozawa	Liberal Democratic
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Masaharu Gotōda	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	Masumi Esaki	Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Raishirō Koga	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Defense Agency	Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Wataru Hiraizumi	Liberal Democratic
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Yōhei Kōno	New Liberal Club	Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency	Yoshihide Mori	Liberal Democratic
Director of the National Land Agency	Heihachirō Yamazaki	Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Shunjirō Karasawa	Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Shōichi Fujimori	Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi	Bureaucrat

Source:^[1]

Notes

↑ Appointed on July 4, 1984

References

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[2] Appointed on July 4, 1984

[72nakasone-1] 1 2 3 4 "第72代中曽根康弘｜歴代内閣". Prime Minister's Official Residence . Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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Second Nakasone Cabinet
72nd Cabinet of Japan

Date formed	December 27, 1983
Date dissolved	November 1, 1984
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party Kōmeitō Democratic Socialist Party Japanese Communist Party
History
Predecessor	First Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Second Nakasone Cabinet (First Reshuffle)