Takaichi Cabinet

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Takaichi Cabinet
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104th Cabinet of Japan
21 October 2025 – present
Takaichi 1st cabinet photo.jpg
Takaichi (front row, centre) with the elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 21 October 2025
Date formed21 October 2025
People and organisations
Emperor Naruhito
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister's history
No. of ministers19
Member party
    •   Liberal Democratic Party
    •   Japan Innovation Party (Confidence and supply)
Status in legislature
Opposition cabinet Noda Next Cabinet
Opposition party
Opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda (CDP)
History
Legislature terms219th Session of the National Diet
(HoR / HoC)
Incoming formation 2025 LDP presidential election
Predecessor Second Ishiba Cabinet

The Takaichi Cabinet is the 104th Cabinet of Japan, formed by Sanae Takaichi on 21 October 2025, following her confirmation as Prime Minister and her election as President of the Liberal Democratic Party on 4 October 2025.

Contents

The country's first woman-led government, it is also the first time that the Japan Innovation Party will participate in the national government, following the collapse of the LDP–Komeito coalition, which had governed from 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2025. [1]

Election of the Prime Minister

House of Representatives

21 October 2025
219th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
ChoicePartyVotes
Yes check.svg Sanae Takaichi Liberal Democratic Party
237 / 465
Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party
149 / 465
Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party For the People
28 / 465
Tetsuo Saito Komeito
24 / 465
Taro Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi
9 / 465
Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party
8 / 465
Shuji Kira Independent
(Yūshi no Kai)
3 / 465
Sohei Kamiya Sanseitō
3 / 465
Takashi Kawamura Genzei Nippon
2 / 465
Naoki Hyakuta Conservative Party of Japan
1 / 465
Jin Matsubara Independent
1 / 465

House of Councillors

21 October 2025
219th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (125/248) required
House of Councillors
ChoicePartyVotes
First VoteRun-Off
Yes check.svg Sanae Takaichi Liberal Democratic Party
123 / 248
125 / 248
Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party
44 / 248
46 / 248
Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party For the People
25 / 248
Eliminated
Tetsuo Saito Komeito
21 / 248
Sohei Kamiya Sanseitō
15 / 248
Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party
7 / 248
Taro Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi
6 / 248
Takahiro Anno Team Mirai
2 / 248
Naoki Hyakuta Conservative Party of Japan
1 / 248
Mizuho Fukushima Social Democratic Party
1 / 248
Blank ballot
1 / 248
28 / 248
Invalid ballot
47 / 248

Cabinet

Parties
Liberal Democratic
Japan Innovation
RMember of the House of Representatives
CMember of the House of Councillors
BBureaucrat

Ministers

PortfolioPortraitMinisterTook officeLeft officeNote
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi October 2025 (3x4 cropped) (cropped).jpg Sanae Takaichi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hayashi yoshimasa.jpg Yoshimasa Hayashi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Justice Hiroshi Hiraguchi (cropped).jpg Hiroshi Hiraguchi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister for Foreign Affairs Official portrait of Toshimitsu Motegi 2024 (cropped).jpg Toshimitsu Motegi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services

Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures Concerning Taxation and Subsidies

Satsuki Katayama.jpg Satsuki Katayama C21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Matsumoto youhei01.jpg Yohei Matsumoto R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kenichiro Ueno.jpg Kenichiro Ueno R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Norikazu Suzuki 20161031.jpg Norikazu Suzuki R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister in charge of Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Ryosei Akazawa 2025 (cropped).jpg Ryosei Akazawa R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027

Yasushi Kaneko 20211004.jpg Yasushi Kaneko R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of the Environment

Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Hirotaka Ishihara 20230913.jpg Hirotaka Ishihara R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi Ministry of Defence portrait (cropped).jpg Shinjiro Koizumi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minoru Kihara 20230914.jpg Minoru Kihara R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister for Digital Transformation

Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
Minister in State for Cybersecurity

Hisashi Matsumoto 2025.jpg Hisashi Matsumoto R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of Reconstruction

Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience

Takao Makino.png Takao Makino C21 October 2025Incumbent
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Minister of State for Ocean Policy

Official portrait of Jiro Akama, Minister of State for Special Missions (cropped).jpg Jiro Akama R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate, Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions
Official portrait of Hitoshi Kikawada, Minister of State for Special Missions.jpg Hitoshi Kikawada R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister in charge of Japan's Growth Strategy

Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform

Minoru Kiuchi 20241001.jpg Minoru Kiuchi R21 October 2025Incumbent
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister in charge of a Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals
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 AI Strategy
Minister of State for Economic Security

Kimi Onoda.jpg Kimi Onoda C21 October 2025Incumbent

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

PortfolioPortraitNameTook officeLeft officePrevious office
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki 2022.png Masanao Ozaki R21 October 2025Incumbent
Kei Sato 20210812.jpg Kei Satō C21 October 2025Incumbent
Lu Mu Kang Hao .jpg Yasuhiro Tsuyuki  [ ja ]B21 October 2025IncumbentCommissioner General of the National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Nobuyuki Iwao 20240815.jpg Nobuyuki Iwao  [ ja ]B27 August 2024Incumbent Public Prosecutors Office

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

PortfolioAdviserTermNote
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Wei Shang Ding Zheng 2025-10-21.jpg Sadamasa Oue  [ ja ]B21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Jing Shang Gui Bo 2025-10-21.jpg Takahiro Inoue  [ ja ]R21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Yuan Teng Jing 2025-10-21.jpg Takashi Endo R21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Midori Matsushima 22-10-2025.jpg Midori Matsushima R21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Yu Ye Shan Chang 2025-10-21.jpg
Yoshimasa Uno  [ ja ]B21 October 2025 – present

State ministers

PortfolioState MinisterTook officeLeft officeConcurrent post
State Minister for Digital Transformation Soichiro Imaeda R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for Reconstruction Yoshinori Tadokoro  [ ja ]R22 October 2025Incumbent
Takakazu Seto R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
Yasuyuki Sakai C22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet Office Soichiro Imaeda R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister for Digital Transformation
Takakazu Seto R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister for Reconstruction
Kazuchika Iwata R22 October 2025Incumbent
Hayato Suzuki R22 October 2025Incumbent
Jun Tsushima R22 October 2025Incumbent
Toshiro Ino R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Kenji Yamada R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yasuyuki Sakai C22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Kiyoto Tsuji R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of the Environment
Masahisa Miyazaki R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Defense
State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Noriko Horiuchi R22 October 2025Incumbent
Katsunori Takahashi  [ ja ]C22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Justice Hidehiro Mitani R22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ayano Kunimitsu R22 October 2025Incumbent
Iwao Horii C22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Finance Shinichi Nakatani R22 October 2025Incumbent
Shōji Maitachi C22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shigeki Kobayashi  [ ja ]R22 October 2025Incumbent
Hiroyuki Nakamura R22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yasumasa Nagasaka  [ ja ]R22 October 2025Incumbent
Hirobumi Niki R22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yukinori Nemoto R22 October 2025Incumbent
Yūhei Yamashita C22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshiro Ino R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
Kenji Yamada R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hajime Sasaki R22 October 2025Incumbent
Yasuyuki Sakai C22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of the Environment Kiyoto Tsuji R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office
Shigeharu Aoyama C22 October 2025Incumbent
State Minister of Defense Masahisa Miyazaki R22 October 2025IncumbentState Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Vice-Ministers

Inaugurated on 22 October 2025

References

  1. "Japan's LDP, Ishin agree to form coalition government, Kyodo says". Reuters. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
Preceded by Cabinet of Japan
2025–present
Incumbent