The First Kishida Cabinet was the 100th Cabinet of Japan. Formed by Fumio Kishida on October 4, 2021, it had 21 members, including three women. Two ministers, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, retained their posts from the previous cabinet.[1] The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito who controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

First Kishida Cabinet

100th Cabinet of Japan
4 October10 November 2021
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, October 4, 2021
Date formedOctober 4, 2021
Date dissolvedNovember 10, 2021
People and organisations
EmperorNaruhito
Head of governmentFumio Kishida
Head of government's historyMember of the HoR for Hiroshima 1st district (1993–present)
Former Foreign Minister (2012–2017)
Former acting Minister of Defense (2017)
No. of ministers20
Total no. of members21
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
  Komeito
Status in legislatureHoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority
HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition partyConstitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leaderYukio Edano
History
PredecessorSuga Cabinet
SuccessorSecond Kishida Cabinet

After just 37 days it was replaced by the Second Kishida Cabinet following the 2021 election, making it the shortest-serving cabinet in Japanese history.[2]

Election of the prime minister

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October 4, 2021
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
Choice First Vote
Votes
 YFumio Kishida
311 / 465
Yukio Edano
124 / 465
Toranosuke Katayama
11 / 465
Yuichiro Tamaki
11 / 465
Sanae Takaichi
1 / 465
Abstentions
2 / 465
Vacant
5 / 465
Source[3]
October 4, 2021
Absolute majority (123/245) required
House of Councillors
Choice First Vote
Votes
 YFumio Kishida
141 / 245
Yukio Edano
65 / 245
Toranosuke Katayama
15 / 245
Yuichiro Tamaki
15 / 245
Yukiko Kada
2 / 245
Yoshimi Watanabe
2 / 245
Takae Itō
1 / 245
Abstentions
1 / 245
Vacant
3 / 245
Source[4]

List of ministers

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  Liberal Democratic

  Komeito

R = Member of the House of Representatives

C = Member of the House of Councillors

B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet

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Citation of this table: List of First Kishida Cabinet Members[5]

First Kishida Cabinet
Portfolio Minister Term Note
Prime Minister   Fumio Kishida R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [6][7]
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications   Yasushi Kaneko R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [8]
Minister of Justice   Yoshihisa Furukawa R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [9]
Minister for Foreign Affairs   Toshimitsu Motegi R September 11, 2019 – November 4, 2021 [10]
  Fumio Kishida R November 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [11]
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
  Shun'ichi Suzuki R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [10]
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
  Shinsuke Suematsu C October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [12]
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare   Shigeyuki Goto R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [13]
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries   Genjiro Kaneko C October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister for Economic Cooperation 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
  Koichi Hagiuda R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [14]
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
  Tetsuo Saito R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [15]
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
  Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [16]
Minister of Defense   Nobuo Kishi R September 16, 2020 – November 10, 2021 [17]
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue
  Hirokazu Matsuno R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [18][19]
Minister for Digital
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
  Karen Makishima R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
  Kosaburo Nishime R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [20]
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy
  Satoshi Ninoyu R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in Charge of Policies Related to Children
Minister in Charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
  Seiko Noda R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [21][22]
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of New Capitalism
Minister in charge of Measures for Novel Coronavirus Disease and Health Crisis Management
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
  Daishiro Yamagiwa R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [23]
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
  Takayuki Kobayashi R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister in Charge of Promoting Vaccinations
  Noriko Horiuchi R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Minister for the World Expo 2025
Minister in Charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in Charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for the Intellectual Property Strategy
  Kenji Wakamiya R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 [24]

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau

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First Kishida Deputy Cabinet
Portfolio Deputy Minister Term Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary   Seiji Kihara R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
  Yoshihiko Isozaki C October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021
  Shun'ichi Kuryu B October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau   Masaharu Kondo B September 11, 2019 – November 10, 2021 former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

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Office of the Prime Minister
Portfolio Adviser Term Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security   Seiji Kihara R October 4, 2021 – November 10, 2021 also served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Domestic Economic and other special issues   Hideki Murai R October 8, 2021 – November 10, 2021

State ministers

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State ministers[25]
Portfolio State Minister Term Note
State Minister of Digital Agency Fumiaki Kobayashi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for Reconstruction Hiroyuki Togashi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Shin'ichi Yokoyama C September 13, 2019 – November 11, 2021
Takeyuki Watanabe C April 30, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office and the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet Office Fumiaki Kobayashi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Digital Agency
Keitaro Ohno R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hitoshi Kikawada R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Masaaki Akaike C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Yoshitaka Ikeda R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ken'ichi Hosoda R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Masahiro Ishii C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Shunsuke Mutai R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Environment
Makoto Oniki R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Defense
Hiroshi Yamamoto C January 22, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Takeyuki Watanabe C April 30, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister for Reconstruction and the State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hiroaki Tabata R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Yusuke Nakanishi C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
State Minister of Justice Jun Tsushima R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoshi Odawara R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Takako Suzuki R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
State Minister of Finance Wataru Ito R September 18, 2020 – November 11, 2021
Satoshi Ohie C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hideyuki Tanaka R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Yoshitaka Ikeda R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Atsushi Koga R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hiroshi Yamamoto C September 18, 2020 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Arata Takebe R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hiroyuki Nakamura R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ken'ichi Hosoda R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
Masahiro Ishii C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Norihiro Nakayama R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Takeyuki Watanabe C April 30, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister for Reconstruction and the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Environment Toshitaka Ohtaka R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Shunsuke Mutai R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Defense Makoto Oniki R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the State Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliamentary vice-ministers

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Parliamentary vice-ministers[25]
Portfolio Parliamentary Vice-Minister Term Note
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency Taro Yamada C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction Kohichi Munekiyo R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Harumi Takahashi C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kazuchika Iwata R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Hirohiko Izumida R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Taro Yamada C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Agency
Tetsuya Kimura R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hiroo Kotera R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Dai Shimamura C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Yuhmi Yoshikawa C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yasushi Hosaka R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment
Hiroyuki Ohnishi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Kohichi Munekiyo R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Hirohiko Izumida R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Harumi Takahashi C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kazuchika Iwata R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Jiro Hatoyama R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Kohichi Watanabe R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Yasushi Miura C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice Hiroyuki Kada C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Uesugi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Taro Honda R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Shingo Miyake C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance Masahiro Kohmura R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Mamoru Shigemoto R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yoko Wanibuchi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Harumi Takahashi C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kazuhide Ohkuma R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Dai Shimamura C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Seishi Kumano C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Masao Miyazaki C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yuhmi Yoshikawa C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Kazuchika Iwata R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ayuko Kato R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Jiro Kimura R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hirohiko Izumida R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of for Reconstruction and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment Masaru Miyazaki C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Yasushi Hosaka R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Tsuyohito Iwamoto C October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021
Hiroyuki Ohnishi R October 6, 2021 – November 11, 2021 also served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

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