4th Abe Second Remodeling Cabinet 25 Deputy Ministers Decide on September 13 12:10

With the establishment of the 4th Abe Second Reform Cabinet, the government decided the appointment of the Deputy Minister at the Cabinet meeting on the 13th.

The deputy minister was decided to include 25 members, 22 from the LDP and 3 from the Komeito.

Of these, there are two women.

▽ Mr. Ichiro Tsujiya as the Deputy Minister for Reconstruction and Mr. Shinichi Yokoyama, member of the House of Councilors of Komei Party.

▽ Taku Otsuka, Masaaki Hira, and Ichiro Miyashita as vice ministers of the Cabinet Office.

▽ Mr. Takeshi Hasegawa and Mr. Atsushi Terada, members of the House of Councilors, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. Mr. Terada will also serve as the Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office.

▽ Mr. Kosuke Yoshiya as Deputy Minister of Justice.

▽ Mr. Keisuke Suzuki and Mr. Kengo Wakamiya as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

▽ Mr. Kiyohiko Toyama of Komeito and Vice Minister of Finance, Masato Fujikawa of the House of Councilors.

▽ Ms. Michiko Ueno and Mr. Weigami Kameoka, members of the House of Councilors, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Mr. Kameoka will concurrently serve as the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office.

▽ Mr. Hisashi Inazu and Mr. Takeshi Hashimoto from the Komeito Party as Vice Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.

▽ Mr. Yoshitaka Ito and Mr. Koji Kato as Vice Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

▽ Mr. Hideki Makihara and Mr. Yohei Matsumoto are Vice Ministers of Economy, Trade and Industry. Mr. Matsumoto also serves as vice minister of the Cabinet Office.

▽ Mr. Kazuhiko Aoki and Mr. Nobuhide Mihokawa of the House of Councilors and Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Mr. Mihokawa serves concurrently as Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office and Deputy Minister of Reconstruction.

▽ Mr. Yukari Sato and Mr. Hirotaka Ishihara as Vice Minister of Environment. Mr. Ishihara serves concurrently as Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office.

▽ Mr. Akihiro Yamamoto as Deputy Minister of Defense. Mr. Yamamoto also serves as the Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office.

The above 25 people have been selected as vice ministers.