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List of Ministers
September 24, 2008 (Provisional Translation)
Prime Minister
Taro ASO (R)
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
Kunio HATOYAMA (R)
Minister of Justice Eisuke MORI (R)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Hirofumi NAKASONE (C)
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Shoichi NAKAGAWA (R)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ryu SHIONOYA (R)
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yoichi MASUZOE (C)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Shigeru ISHIBA (R)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro NIKAI (R)
Minister of LandCInfrastructureCTransport and Tourism Nariaki NAKAYAMA (R)
Minister of the Environment Tetsuo SAITO (R)
Minister of Defense Yasukazu HAMADA (R)
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
Takeo KAWAMURA (R)
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Okinawa, Northern Territories Affairs, Disaster Management
Tsutomu SATO (R)
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Kaoru YOSANO (R)
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, Administrative Reform, Civil Service Reform
Akira AMARI (R)
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy and Food Safety, Consumer Affairs Seiko NODA (R)
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality Yuko OBUCHI (R)


List of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Jun MATSUMOTO (R)
Yoshitada KOUNOIKE (C)
Iwao URUMA -
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
Reiichi MIYAZAKI
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  • "R" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Representatives
  • "C" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Councillors.

(Provisional Translation)