Prime Minister Kishida reshuffled the cabinet on the 10th, and after the certification ceremony for the new ministers at the Imperial Palace, the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet was officially launched.

On the afternoon of the 10th, Prime Minister Kishida held a party leader's meeting with Komeito representative Yamaguchi at the Prime Minister's official residence, established a cabinet headquarters, and remodeled the cabinet.



After this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno announced the cabinet list of the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet.



This is the lineup of 19 ministers.

▽ Mr. Minoru Terada as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.



▽ Mr. Yasuhiro Hanashi is the Minister of Justice.



▽ Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi will remain as Minister of Foreign Affairs.



▽ Mr. Shunichi Suzuki remains the Minister of Finance.


He also serves as Minister of Finance.



▽ Ms. Keiko Nagaoka as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.



▽ Mr. Katsunobu Kato as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.



▽ Mr. Tetsuro Nomura, Member of the House of Councilors, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.



▽ Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.


He also serves as “GX = Minister in Charge of Promotion of Green Transformation”.



▽ Mr. Tetsuo Saito of Komeito remains as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.



▽ Mr. Akihiro Nishimura as Minister of the Environment.



▽ Mr. Yasukazu Hamada is the Minister of Defense.



▽ Mr. Hirokazu Matsuno remains in office as Chief Cabinet Secretary.


In addition to serving as Minister for Vaccinations, he will also serve as Minister for Okinawa Base Burden Reduction and Minister for Abduction Issues.



▽ Mr. Taro Kono as digital minister.



▽ Mr. Kenya Akiba is the Minister for Reconstruction.



▽ Mr. Koichi Tani is the chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and the minister in charge of disaster prevention.



▽ Mr. Masanobu Ogura is the minister in charge of declining birthrate.


He is also in charge of child policy, women's empowerment, and measures against loneliness and isolation.



▽ Mr. Daishiro Yamagiwa will remain as the minister in charge of economic revitalization and the minister in charge of new corona countermeasures.


He also serves as Minister for Startups.



▽ Ms. Sanae Takaichi as the Minister for Economic Security.


He also serves as Minister for Science and Technology.



▽ Mr. Naoki Okada, a member of the House of Councilors, is the minister in charge of regional revitalization.


He will also be in charge of the Expo, Okinawa/Northern policy, and administrative reform.



again,


Seiji Kihara, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary of the House of Representatives;


Yoshihiko Isozaki, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary of the House of Councilors


;



In addition,


Mr. Masaharu Kondo, Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, has also retained his post.

Officially inaugurated after the certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace

The second Kishida reshuffled cabinet was officially inaugurated just a few minutes ago after a certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

Prime Minister Kishida to hold a press conference at 6:00 p.m.

Prime Minister Kishida will hold a press conference at 6:00 pm to clarify his thoughts on the aim of ministerial personnel appointments and future management of the government.



After that, the first cabinet meeting of the reshuffled cabinet will be held.

The characteristics of the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet are...

[Average age is 62.65 years old]


The average age of Prime Minister Kishida and the 19 cabinet members is 62.65 years old, 0.84 years older than the 61.81 years old when the first Kishida Cabinet was launched in October last year.


▽ The oldest is Mr. Tetsuro Nomura, who is 78 years old.


▽ The youngest is Mr. Masanobu Ogura, who is 41 years old.



Looking at Prime Minister Kishida and the 19 ministers by age , ▽


3 are in their 70s,


▽ 12 are in their 60s , ▽


4 are in their 50s, and


▽ 1 is in their 40s.

[9 members entered the cabinet for the first



time, 5 re-entered the cabinet, and 5 remained in office] The members

of


the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet were as follows

:

It is

[Breakdown of factions]

Looking at the cabinet members of the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet by faction of the LDP,

▽ Abe faction and Aso faction have the most 4,

followed by

▽ Motegi faction and Kishida faction

▽ Nikai There are two factions.

▽ There was no appointment from the Moriyama group or the Tanigaki group.

On the other hand,

there are 2 non-faction members, and

▽ Komeito has 1 member as before.

[Two female cabinet members] There are two female cabinet members

, Ms. Keiko Nagaoka and Ms. Sanae Takaichi, which was the same as before the reshuffle.

[Two people

from the House of Councillors] Tetsuro Nomura and Naoki Okada have joined the cabinet from the House of Councillors, one less than before the remodeling.
























[Entered the Cabinet even if elected 4 times in the House of Representatives] Among


the members of the House of Representatives in the second Kishida remodeling cabinet,


▽The most elected 10 times are Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Mr. Tetsuo Saito, and Mr. Yasukazu Hamada.


▽ Mr. Masanobu Ogura has been elected 4 times, excluding Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi, who was elected 5 times as a member of the House of Councilors and became a member of the House of Representatives last year.



In addition,


2 people won 9 times,


1 person won 8 times,


4 people won 7 times,


and 5 people won 6 times.



On the other hand, the two members of the House of Councilors have both been elected four times.