Third Abe Cabinet#Second reshuffled cabinet
{{Short description|Japanese political cabinet}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Third Abe cabinet
| cabinet_type =
| cabinet_number = 97th
| jurisdiction = Japan
| flag = Flag of Japan.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent = 24 December 2014 – 1 November 2017
| image = 300px
| caption = Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, December 24, 2014
| date_formed = December 24, 2014
| date_dissolved = November 1, 2017
| government_head = Shinzō Abe
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head = Tarō Asō
| state_head = Emperor Akihito
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition
| legislature_status = HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = Democratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→
Democratic Party (2016–2017)→
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
| opposition_leader = Katsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016)
Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017)
Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017)
| election = 2014 general election
2016 councillors election
| last_election =
| legislature_term =
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| predecessor = Second Abe Cabinet
| successor = Fourth Abe Cabinet
}}
The Third Abe cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of the prime minister, Shinzō Abe, from December 2014 to November 2017. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
Following the 2017 general election, the Third Abe cabinet was dissolved on November 1, 2017, and it was replaced by the Fourth Abe cabinet.
Background
Following the snap "Abenomics Dissolution" and general election of 2014, Abe was re-elected by the Diet and chose to retain all the ministers from his previous cabinet except the defense minister, Akinori Eto, who had been involved in a money scandal. Abe explained that he aimed to avoid the disruption of another major personnel change only three months after the September cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news|title=Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30595376 |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=BBC News |date=24 December 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229015955/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30595376 |archivedate=29 February 2016 }}
- {{cite news|last1=Yoshida |first1=Reiji |last2=Kameda |first2=Masaaki |title=Shinzo Abe begins new term as prime minister, launches Cabinet |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/24/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-begins-new-term-prime-minister-launches-cabinet |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=The Japan Times |date=24 December 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220062532/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/24/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-begins-new-term-prime-minister-launches-cabinet#.WEnhmlyWGYN |archivedate=20 February 2016 }}
Abe conducted three reshuffles of his third administration. The first took place in October 2015 following his re-election to another three-year term as president of the LDP and the launch of his "Abenomics 2.0" policies.{{cite news|title=Abenomics 2.0 – PM updates plan to refresh Japanese economy |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/24/abenomics-20-pm-updates-plan-to-refresh-japanese-economy |accessdate=8 December 2016 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Guardian |date=24 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175713/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/24/abenomics-20-pm-updates-plan-to-refresh-japanese-economy |archivedate= 3 March 2016 }}
- {{cite news|last=Yamaguchi |first=Mari |title=Abe reshuffles Cabinet, adding minister to focus on economy |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/abe-reshuffles-cabinet-adding-minister-focus-economy-114038353.html?ref=gs |accessdate=8 December 2016 |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=Associated Press |date=7 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208223226/https://www.yahoo.com/news/abe-reshuffles-cabinet-adding-minister-focus-economy-114038353.html?ref=gs |archivedate= 8 December 2016 }} The second reshuffle occurred in August 2016, following the victory of the ruling coalition in the July 2016 upper house elections, the first time since 1989 that the LDP held an outright majority in the House of Councillors.{{cite news|title=Abe Reshuffles Cabinet After House of Councillors Election (August 2016)|url=http://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00145/|accessdate=8 December 2016|website=Nippon.com|date=3 August 2016}}
- {{cite news|title=LDP to regain Upper House majority for first time in 27 years |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/13/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-regain-upper-house-majority-first-time-27-years/ |accessdate=8 December 2016 |agency=Kyodo |work=The Japan Times |date=13 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713101339/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/13/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-regain-upper-house-majority-first-time-27-years/#.WEni4FyWGYM |archivedate=13 July 2016 }} The third reshuffle occurred in August 2017.
Election of the prime minister
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+ 24 December 2014 |
| colspan="4"| House of Representatives Absolute majority (236/470) required |
|---|
| align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="100"| Choice
! colspan="2"| Vote |
| width="415"| Caucuses
! width="100"| Votes |
| style="background:lightgreen;"
| width="1" bgcolor="green"| | align="left"| {{tick}}Shinzō Abe | LDP (290), Independent [Speaker] (1), NKP (35), Others (2) | {{Composition bar|328|470|hex=green}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Katsuya Okada | DPJ (72), Independent [Vice-Speaker] (1) | {{Composition bar|73|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Kenji Eda | Japan Innovation Party (41) | {{Composition bar|41|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Kazuo Shii | JCP (18) | {{Composition bar|18|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Takeo Hiranuma | PfG (2), Independent (1) | {{Composition bar|3|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Tadatomo Yoshida | SDP (2) | {{Composition bar|2|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Keiichirō Asao | Independent (1) | {{Composition bar|1|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Toshinobu Nakazato | Independent (1) | {{Composition bar|1|470|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="gray"|
| align="left"| Blank ballots | Independents/Others (2) | {{Composition bar|2|470|hex=gray}} |
| bgcolor="gray"|
| align="left"| Unattributable vote | (1) | {{Composition bar|1|470|hex=gray}} |
| colspan="4"| Source: [http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_kaigiroku.nsf/html/kaigiroku/000118820141224001.htm 188th Diet Session (House of Representatives)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918160939/http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_kaigiroku.nsf/html/kaigiroku/000118820141224001.htm |date=2016-09-18 }} (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus) |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+ 24 December 2014 |
| colspan="4"| House of Councillors Absolute majority (121/240) required |
|---|
| align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="100"| Choice
! colspan="2"| Vote |
| width="415"| Caucuses
! width="100"| Votes |
| style="background:lightgreen;"
| width="1" bgcolor="green"| | align="left"| {{tick}}Shinzō Abe | LDP (113), NKP (20), AEJ (2) | {{Composition bar|135|240|hex=green}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Katsuya Okada | DPJ-SR (58), PLP (2), Independent [Vice-President] (1) | {{Composition bar|61|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Kenji Eda | JIP (11) | {{Composition bar|11|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Kazuo Shii | JCP (11) | {{Composition bar|11|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Takeo Hiranuma | PFG (6) | {{Composition bar|6|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Tadatomo Yoshida | SDP (3), Independent | {{Composition bar|4|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Hiroyuki Arai | NRP-Group of Independents (2) | {{Composition bar|2|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Kōta Matsuda | AEJ (2) | {{Composition bar|2|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Tarō Yamada | AEJ (1) | {{Composition bar|1|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="red"|
| align="left"| Tarō Yamamoto | Independent (1) | {{Composition bar|1|240|hex=red}} |
| bgcolor="gray"|
| align="left"| Blank ballots | PFG (1), AEJ (1), Independent Club (4) | {{Composition bar|6|240|hex=gray}} |
| colspan="4"| Source: [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/vote/188/188-1124-v001.pdf 188th Diet Session (House of Councillors)] (lists individual votes grouped by caucus) |
Lists of ministers
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R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
N = Non-Diet member
= Cabinet =
| class="wikitable"
|+ Third Abe cabinet from December 24, 2014 to October 7, 2015 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 | Minister ! colspan=2 | Term |
| Prime minister
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
| Minister for internal affairs and communications
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of justice
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of foreign affairs
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| rowspan=2| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – February 23, 2015 |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| C | February 23, 2015 – October 7, 2015 |
|---|
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | October 20, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of defence Minister in charge of security legislation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016 |
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" Strategy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister in charge of support for women's empowerment Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | September 3, 2014 – October 7, 2015 |
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016 |
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for the National Strategic Special Zones ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| colspan=5|Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – October 7, 2015 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | December 26, 2012 – August 13, 2016 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
== Changes ==
- February 23, 2015 – The agriculture minister, Koya Nishikawa, resigned because of a campaign finance scandal. His immediate predecessor, Yoshimasa Hayashi, was recalled to replace him.{{cite news|last=Kameda |first=Masaaki |title=Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/23/national/politics-diplomacy/farm-minister-nishikawa-resigns-in-funding-scandal/ |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=The Japan Times |date=23 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013170749/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/23/national/politics-diplomacy/farm-minister-nishikawa-resigns-in-funding-scandal/#.WEnS91yWGYM |archivedate=13 October 2016 }}
- June 25, 2015 – A new position of minister for the Olympics was created. Toshiaki Endo was appointed the inaugural minister.{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-japan-minister-idUKKBN0P509T20150625 |title=Veteran politician Endo named Japan Olympics minister |author1=Elaine Lies |author2=Kiyoshi Takenaka |name-list-style=amp |date=25 June 2015 |work=Reuters UK |accessdate=8 December 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104702/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-japan-minister-idUKKBN0P509T20150625 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}
= First reshuffled cabinet =
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Third Abe cabinet
(First Reshuffle)
| cabinet_type =
| cabinet_number = 97th
| jurisdiction = Japan
| flag = Flag of Japan.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = 300px
| caption = Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, October 7, 2015
| date_formed = October 7, 2015
| date_dissolved = August 3, 2016
| government_head = Shinzō Abe
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head = Tarō Asō
| state_head = Emperor Akihito
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition
| legislature_status = HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = Democratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→
Democratic Party (2016–2017)→
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
| opposition_leader = Katsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016)
Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017)
Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017)
| election = 2014 general election
2016 councillors election
| last_election =
| legislature_term =
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| predecessor = Third Abe Cabinet
| successor = Third Abe Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Third Abe cabinet from October 7, 2015 to August 3, 2016 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 | Minister ! colspan=2 | Term |
| Prime minister
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
| Minister for internal affairs and communications
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of justice
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C→N | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of foreign affairs
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of defence
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 24, 2014 – August 3, 2016 |
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister of state for disaster management ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" strategy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C→N | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| rowspan=2| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – January 28, 2016 |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| R | January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
|---|
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of State for the National Strategic Special Zones ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2016 |
| Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | June 25, 2015 – August 3, 2016 |
| colspan=5|Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | December 26, 2012 – August 13, 2016 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
== Changes ==
- January 28, 2016 – The economic revitalization minister, Akira Amari, resignedbecause of a bribery scandal and was replaced with Nobuteru Ishihara.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35427563 |title=Japanese economy minister Akira Amari quits over bribery claims |date=28 January 2016 |work=BBC News |accessdate=8 December 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208053158/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35427563 |archivedate= 8 February 2016 }}
- July 2016 – The justice minister, Mitsuhide Iwaki, and the Okinawa minister, Aiko Shimajiri, lost their seats in the House of Councillors election but remained in office as ministers until the August cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news|title=Cabinet duo loses; LDP out of Okinawa |url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003070762 |accessdate=8 December 2016 |work=The Japan News |publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun |date=11 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711125709/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003070762 |archivedate=11 July 2016 }}
= Second reshuffled cabinet =
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Third Abe cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
| cabinet_type =
| cabinet_number = 97th
| jurisdiction = Japan
| flag = Flag of Japan.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = 300px
| caption = Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 3, 2016
| date_formed = August 3, 2016
| date_dissolved = August 3, 2017
| government_head = Shinzō Abe
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head = Tarō Asō
| state_head = Emperor Akihito
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition
| legislature_status = HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = Democratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→
Democratic Party (2016–2017)→
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
| opposition_leader = Katsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016)
Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017)
Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017)
| election = 2014 general election
2016 councillors election
| last_election =
| legislature_term =
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| predecessor = Third Abe cabinet
(First Reshuffle)
| successor = Third Abe cabinet
(Third Reshuffle)
}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Third Abe cabinet from August 3, 2016 to August 3, 2017 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 | Minister ! colspan=2 | Term |
| Prime minister
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2021 |
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
| Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister of state for the social security and tax number system ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of justice
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of foreign affairs
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | September 3, 2014 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation with Russia Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of defence
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – July 28, 2017 |
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| rowspan=2| Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy co-ordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – April 26, 2017 |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
| R | April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
|---|
| Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of ocean policy and territorial issues Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for disaster management ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of State for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy Minister in charge of information technology policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | January 28, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister for working-style reform Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" initiative Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and vitalizing local economy in Japan Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017 |
| colspan=5|Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – August 3, 2017 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 13, 2016 – September 11, 2019 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
== Changes ==
- April 26, 2017 – The reconstruction minister, Masahiro Imamura, was dismissed because of comments he made about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and was replaced by Masayoshi Yoshino.{{cite web|title=Reconstruction minister sacked over gaffe|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003662703|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426211438/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003662703|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2017|website=The Japan News|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=7 May 2017}}{{cite web|title=To smooth things over, Abe picks minister from disaster-hit region|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003665041|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427162238/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003665041|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2017|website=The Japan News|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=7 May 2017}}
- July 28, 2017 – The defense minister, Tomomi Inada, resigned.
= Third reshuffled cabinet =
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| cabinet_name = Third Abe cabinet
(Third Reshuffle)
| cabinet_type =
| cabinet_number = 97th
| jurisdiction = Japan
| flag = Flag of Japan.svg
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = 300px
| caption = Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, August 3, 2017
| date_formed = August 3, 2017
| date_dissolved = November 1, 2017
| government_head = Shinzō Abe
| government_head_history =
| deputy_government_head = Tarō Asō
| state_head = Emperor Akihito
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = Liberal Democratic–Komeito coalition
| legislature_status = HoR: LDP-K coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K coalition majority
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = Democratic Party of Japan (2014–2016)→
Democratic Party (2016–2017)→
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
| opposition_leader = Katsuya Okada (until October 1, 2016)
Renhō (October 1, 2016 – July 27, 2017)
Seiji Maehara (from July 27, 2017)
| election = 2014 general election
2016 councillors election
| last_election =
| legislature_term =
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| predecessor = Third Abe Cabinet
(Second Reshuffle)
| successor = Fourth Abe Cabinet
}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Third Abe cabinet from August 3, 2017 to November 1, 2017 ! Portfolio ! colspan=3 | Minister ! colspan=2 | Term |
| Prime minister
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Deputy prime minister Minister of finance Minister of state for financial services Minister in charge of overcoming deflation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | Tarō Asō | R | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
| Minister for internal affairs and communications Minister in charge of women's empowerment Minister of state for the social security and tax number system ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of justice
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of foreign affairs
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology Minister in charge of education rebuilding ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of health, labour, and welfare Minister for working-style reform Minister in charge of the abduction issue Minister of state for the abduction issue ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of economy, trade and industry Minister in charge of industrial competitiveness Minister for economic co-operation with Russia Minister in charge of the response to the economic impact caused by the nuclear accident Minister of state for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2016 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Minister in charge of water cycle policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" | | R | October 7, 2015 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister of the environment Minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of defence
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Chief cabinet secretary Minister in charge of alleviating the burden of the bases in Okinawa ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | December 26, 2012 – September 16, 2020 |
| Minister of reconstruction Minister in charge of comprehensive policy coordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | April 26, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of building national resilience Minister of state for disaster management ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs Minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety Minister of state for ocean policy Minister in charge of territorial issues ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018 |
| Minister in charge of economic revitalization Minister in charge of total reform of social security and tax Minister of state for economic and fiscal policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 |
| Minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens Minister in charge of information technology policy Minister of state for measures for declining birthrate Minister of state for gender equality Minister of state for "Cool Japan" strategy Minister of state for the intellectual property strategy Minister of state for science and technology policy Minister of state for space policy ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister of state for regional revitalization Minister of state for regulatory reform Minister in charge of regional revitalization Minister in charge of administrative reform Minister in charge of civil service reform ! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| colspan=5|Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Representatives)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | R | August 3, 2017 – September 11, 2019 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs – House of Councillors)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" | | C | August 13, 2016 – September 11, 2019 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Bureaucrat)
! style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | | – | December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
Pages at the Kantei (English website):
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160914064705/http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/cabinetlist1/daijin/index_e.html List of Ministers December 2014 – October 2015]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160914064713/http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/cabinetlist2/daijin/index_e.html List of Ministers October 2015 – August 2016]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161005072106/http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/meibo/daijin/index_e.html List of Ministers August 2016 – August 2017]
- [http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/meibo/daijin/index_e.html List of Ministers August 2017 – November 2017]
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