With the inauguration of the second Kishida reshuffled cabinet, the government decided on the personnel affairs of the vice ministers at an extraordinary cabinet meeting on the 12th.

26 Deputy Ministers

A total of 26 people were appointed as vice ministers, 23 from the Liberal Democratic Party and 3 from the New Komeito.



Four of them are women.


 ▽ Masaki Ogushi

as Deputy Digital Minister .


 Mr. Ohgushi will also serve as State Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 ▽ Mr. Toshifumi Kojima

as Deputy Minister for Reconstruction .


 Toshiko Takeya, member of the House of Councilors of the New Komeito Party.


 ▽ Mr. Satoshi Fujimaru, Mr.


 Takeshi Hoshino, and Mr.


 Yoshiaki Wada

as State Ministers of the Cabinet Office .


 ▽ Ms. Asako Omi and Mr.


 Yoshifumi Tsuge, member of the House of Councilors

, as the Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications .


 ▽ Mr. Hirotetsu Kadoyama

as Vice Minister of Justice .


 ▽ Mr. Shunsuke Takei and Mr.


 Kenji Yamada

as State Minister for Foreign Affairs .


 ▽ Mr. Takahiro Inoue and


 Mr. Kozo Akino, a member of the House of Councilors of the New Komeito,

are the Deputy Minister of Finance .


 ▽Mr. Yoneo Ide and Mr.


 Kazuo Yanagi

are Vice Ministers of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology .


 ▽ Mr. Shun Hanyuda, a member of the House of Councilors, and Mr.


 Shinichi Isa of the New Komeito,

are the Deputy Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare .


 Mr. Isa will also serve as State Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 ▽ Mr. Takaaki Katsumata and Mr.


 Atsushi Nonaka

are Vice Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries .

▽ State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry


 Shinichi Nakatani,


 House of Councilors member Fusae Ota.


 Mr. Nakatani and Mr. Ota will also serve as State Ministers of the Cabinet Office.


 ▽ Mr. Toshiro Toyoda, a member of the


 House of Councilors, and Mr. Hiroo Ishii , a member of the House of Councilors

, are the Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism .


 Mr. Ishii will serve concurrently as State Minister of the Cabinet Office and State Minister for Reconstruction.


 ▽ Ms. Miki Yamada and Mr.


 Shigeki Kobayashi

as State Ministers of the Environment .


 Mr. Kobayashi will also serve as State Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 ▽ Mr. Toshiro Ino

as Deputy Minister of Defense .


 Mr. Ino will also serve as State Minister of the Cabinet Office.



The above 26 people have been appointed as vice ministers.

28 parliamentary secretaries

In addition, the government decided on personnel affairs of parliamentary secretaries at an extraordinary cabinet meeting on the 12th.



A total of 28 parliamentary secretaries were appointed, including 25 from the Liberal Democratic Party and 3 from the New Komeito.



Of these, seven are women.


 ▽ Mr. Masanao Ozaki

as Digital Parliamentary Secretary .


 Mr. Ozaki will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 ▽ Mr. Eikei Suzuki, Mr.


 Hideko Jimi, a member of the House of Councilors, and Mr.


 Hideyuki Nakano as

parliamentary secretaries of the Cabinet Office .


 Mr. Nakano will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction.


 ▽ Mr. Fumino Kunimitsu, Mr. Mio


 Sugita, and Mr.


 Takamoto Nakagawa

as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for General Affairs .


 ▽ Mr. Yasuhiro Takami

is the parliamentary secretary of justice .


 Mr. Mari Akimoto, Mr.


 Kei Takagi, and Mr.


 Yumi Yoshikawa, a member of the House of Councilors, are parliamentary secretaries for foreign affairs.


 Mr. Shunpei Kaneko and Mr.


 Shuji Miyamoto, a member of the House of Councilors, are Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance.

 ▽ Mr. Takae Ito and Mr. Sakon Yamamoto


 , members of the House of Councilors of the Komeito,

are the parliamentary secretaries of education, culture, sports and science .

 Mr. Yamamoto will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction.




 ▽ Mr. Shogo Azemoto and Mr.


 Akiko Honda, member of the House of Councilors

, are Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare .


 Mr. Honda will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 Mr. Hideho Tsunoda of Komeito and Mr.


 Shinya Fujiki of the House of Councilors as parliamentary secretary of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.


 ▽ Mr. Makoto Nagamine, a member of the House of Councilors, and


 Mr. Ryuji Satomi, a member of the House of Councilors of the New Komeito,

are the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry .


 Mr. Nagamine will serve as parliamentary secretary of the Cabinet Office, and Mr. Satomi will concurrently serve as parliamentary secretary of the cabinet office and parliamentary secretary for reconstruction.


 Mr. Yasushi Furukawa, Mr.


 Masato Shimizu, a member of the House of Councilors, and Mr.


 Shoji Nishida as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.


 Mr. Nishida will serve concurrently as Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office and Parliamentary Secretary for Reconstruction.


 ▽Mr. Hayato Kunisada and Mr.


 Akira Yanagimoto

as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment .


 Mr. Yanagimoto will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office.


 Mr. Kimi Onoda and Mr.


 Jiro Kimura, members of the House of Councilors, are parliamentary secretaries of defense.


 Mr. Kimura will also serve as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office.



The above 28 people have been appointed as parliamentary secretaries.