Second Ishiba Cabinet

Second Ishiba Cabinet
Second Ishiba Cabinet
; 103rd Cabinet of Japan
11 November 2024 – present
	Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 11, 2024
Date formed	November 11, 2024
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Prime Minister's history	Member of the HoR for Tottori 1st district (1986–present); Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2008–2009); Former Defense Minister (2007–2008); Former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (2012–2014);
No. of ministers	20
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party; Komeito; ;
Status in legislature	Coalition government; HoR (Lower):; Minority 221 / 465 (48%) ; HoC (Upper):; Majority 142 / 245 (58%)
Opposition cabinet	Noda Next Cabinet
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party; Japan Innovation Party; Democratic Party For the People; Japanese Communist Party; Reiwa Shinsengumi; Social Democratic Party; Sanseitō; Conservative Party; ;
Opposition leader	Yoshihiko Noda (CDP)
History
Outgoing election	2024 general election
Legislature terms	HoR: 2024–2028 (maximum); HoC: 2019–2025 and 2022–2028
Predecessor	First Ishiba Cabinet

The Second Ishiba Cabinet is the 103rd Cabinet of Japan, formed by Shigeru Ishiba on 11 November 2024, following the general election on 27 October 2024. Members of the First Ishiba Cabinet were reappointed except for Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, Tourism Tetsuo Saito, who has become the Chief Representative of Komeito, Minister of Justice Hideki Makihara who lost his seat in the last general election and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yasuhiro Ozato who lost his seat in the last general election.

Election of the prime minister

House of Representatives

11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet First Round
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
Choice		Party	Votes
	YShigeru Ishiba	Liberal Democratic Party	221 / 465
	YYoshihiko Noda	Constitutional Democratic Party	151 / 465
	Nobuyuki Baba	Nippon Ishin no Kai	38 / 465
	Yuichiro Tamaki	Democratic Party for the People	28 / 465
	Taro Yamamoto	Reiwa Shinsengumi	9 / 465
	Tomoko Tamura	Japanese Communist Party	8 / 465
	Shuji Kira	Independent (Yūshi no Kai)	4 / 465
	Sohei Kamiya	Sanseitō	3 / 465
	Takashi Kawamura	Conservative Party of Japan	3 / 465
Source^[1]

11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet Run Off
Relative majority required
House of Representatives
Choice		Party	Votes
	YShigeru Ishiba	Liberal Democratic Party	221 / 465
	Yoshihiko Noda	Constitutional Democratic Party	160 / 465
	Invalid ballot		84 / 465
Source^[1]

House of Councillors

11 November 2024
215th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (122/242) required
House of Councillors
Choice		Party	Votes
	YShigeru Ishiba	Liberal Democratic Party	142 / 242
	Yoshihiko Noda	Constitutional Democratic Party	46 / 242
	Nobuyuki Baba	Nippon Ishin no Kai	18 / 242
	Yuichiro Tamaki	Democratic Party For the People	11 / 242
	Tomoko Tamura	Japanese Communist Party	11 / 242
	Taro Yamamoto	Reiwa Shinsengumi	5 / 242
	Takae Itō	Democratic Party For the People	1 / 242
	Sohei Kamiya	Sanseitō	1 / 242
	Shuji Kira	Independent (Yūshi no Kai)	1 / 242
	Toshimitsu Motegi	Liberal Democratic Party	1 / 242
	Shinsuke Suematsu	Liberal Democratic Party	1 / 242
Source^[1]

Cabinet

Parties
	Liberal Democratic
	Komeito


R	Member of the House of Representatives
C	Member of the House of Councillors
B	Bureaucrat

Ministers

Citation of this table: List of Ishiba Cabinet Members^[2]

Portfolio			Took office	Left office	Note
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications	Seiichiro Murakami	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Justice	Keisuke Suzuki	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Takeshi Iwaya	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation	Katsunobu Katō	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Toshiko Abe	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare	Takamaro Fukuoka	C	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Taku Etō	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation	Yoji Muto	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy Minister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027	Hiromasa Nakano	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent	First cabinet appointment
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness	Keiichiro Asao	C	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Defense	Gen Nakatani	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reforms Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Regulatory Reform	Masaaki Taira	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima	Tadahiko Ito	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy	Manabu Sakai	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Youth's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation	Junko Mihara	C	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of New Capitalism Minister in charge of Startups Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy	Ryosei Akazawa	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister in charge of Economic Security Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy Minister of State for Economic Security	Minoru Kiuchi	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies Minister for the World Expo 2025	Yoshitaka Itō	R	11 November 2024	Incumbent

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister
Portfolio			Term	Note
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister	Akihisa Nagashima	R	October 1, 2024 – present	^[3]
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister	Masafumi Mori	B	January 1, 2022 – present	^[3]
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister	Wakako Yata	B	September 13, 2023 - present	Former Member of the House of Councillors^[3]^[4] Belonged to the Democratic Party for the People

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "首相指名選挙決選投票の結果は？仕組みは？過去の決選投票も". NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ "List of Ministers". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "List of Special Advisors to the Prime Minister". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "令和5年9月15日辞令交付（内閣総理大臣補佐官） | 総理の一日". 首相官邸ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2024.

Preceded by First Ishiba Cabinet	Cabinet of Japan 2024–present	Incumbent

[首班指名-1] "首相指名選挙決選投票の結果は？仕組みは？過去の決選投票も". NHK. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

[2] "List of Ministers". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[:0-3] "List of Special Advisors to the Prime Minister". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

[4] "令和5年9月15日辞令交付（内閣総理大臣補佐官） | 総理の一日". 首相官邸ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2024.

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