First Takaichi cabinet

First Takaichi cabinet

104th Cabinet of Japan
21 October 202518 February 2026
Takaichi (front row, centre) with the elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 21 October 2025
Date formed21 October 2025
Date dissolved18 February 2026
People and organisations
EmperorNaruhito
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Prime Minister's history
Deputy Prime MinisterVacant
No. of ministers19
Member party
    •   Liberal Democratic Party
    •   Japan Innovation Party (confidence and supply)
Status in legislature
Opposition cabinetNoda Next Cabinet
Opposition party
Opposition leaderYoshihiko Noda, CDP (2025-2026)
Junya Ogawa, CRA (since 2026)
History
Legislature terms219th Session of the National Diet
(HoR / HoC)
Incoming formation2025 LDP presidential election
PredecessorIshiba II
SuccessorTakaichi II

The First Takaichi cabinet was the 104th Cabinet of Japan, formed on 21 October 2025 when Sanae Takaichi was appointed Prime Minister by Emperor Naruhito as designated by the National Diet, following the resignation of Shigeru Ishiba after the 2025 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.

The country's first woman-led government, it is also the first time that the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) will participate in the national government, following the collapse of the LDP–Komeito coalition, which had governed from 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2025, and the formation of the LDP–JIP coalition.[1]

Election of the Prime Minister

House of Representatives

21 October 2025
219th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (233/465) required
House of Representatives
Choice Party Votes
YSanae Takaichi Liberal Democratic Party
237 / 465
Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party
149 / 465
Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party For the People
28 / 465
Tetsuo Saito Komeito
24 / 465
Taro Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi
9 / 465
Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party
8 / 465
Shuji Kira Independent
(Yūshi no Kai)
3 / 465
Sohei Kamiya Sanseitō
3 / 465
Takashi Kawamura Genzei Nippon
2 / 465
Naoki Hyakuta Conservative Party of Japan
1 / 465
Jin Matsubara Independent
1 / 465

House of Councillors

21 October 2025
219th Special National Diet
Absolute majority (125/248) required
House of Councillors
Choice Party Votes
First Round Run-Off
YSanae Takaichi Liberal Democratic Party
123 / 248
125 / 248
Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party
44 / 248
46 / 248
Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party For the People
25 / 248
Eliminated
Tetsuo Saito Komeito
21 / 248
Sohei Kamiya Sanseitō
15 / 248
Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party
7 / 248
Taro Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi
6 / 248
Takahiro Anno Team Mirai
2 / 248
Naoki Hyakuta Conservative Party of Japan
1 / 248
Mizuho Fukushima Social Democratic Party
1 / 248
Blank ballot
1 / 248
28 / 248
Invalid ballot
47 / 248

Cabinet

Parties
Liberal Democratic
Japan Innovation
R Member of the House of Representatives
C Member of the House of Councillors
B Bureaucrat

Ministers

Portfolio Portrait Minister Took office Left office Note
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshimasa Hayashi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Justice Hiroshi Hiraguchi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services

Minister in charge of Reviewing Special Measures Concerning Taxation and Subsidies

Satsuki Katayama C 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yohei Matsumoto R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kenichiro Ueno R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Norikazu Suzuki R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister in charge of Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Ryosei Akazawa R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027

Yasushi Kaneko R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of the Environment

Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Hirotaka Ishihara R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minoru Kihara R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister for Digital Transformation

Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
Minister in State for Cybersecurity

Hisashi Matsumoto R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of Reconstruction

Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience

Takao Makino C 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Minister of State for Ocean Policy

Jiro Akama R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate, Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions
Hitoshi Kikawada R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister in charge of Japan's Growth Strategy

Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform

Minoru Kiuchi R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister in charge of a Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals
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 AI Strategy
Minister of State for Economic Security
Kimi Onoda C 21 October 2025 18 February 2026

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

Portfolio Portrait Name Took office Left office Previous office
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki R 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Kei Satō C 21 October 2025 18 February 2026
Yasuhiro Tsuyuki B 21 October 2025 18 February 2026 Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Nobuyuki Iwao B 27 August 2024 18 February 2026 Public Prosecutors Office

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Portfolio Adviser Term Note
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Sadamasa Oue B 21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Takahiro Inoue R 21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Takashi Endo R 21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Midori Matsushima R 21 October 2025 – present
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Yoshimasa Uno B 21 October 2025 – present
Portfolio State Minister Took office Left office Concurrent post
State Minister for Digital Transformation Soichiro Imaeda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for Reconstruction Yoshinori Tadokoro R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Takakazu Seto R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
Yasuyuki Sakai C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet Office Soichiro Imaeda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister for Digital Transformation
Takakazu Seto R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister for Reconstruction
Kazuchika Iwata R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Hayato Suzuki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Jun Tsushima R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Toshiro Ino R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Kenji Yamada R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yasuyuki Sakai C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Kiyoto Tsuji R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of the Environment
Masahisa Miyazaki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Defense
State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Noriko Horiuchi R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Katsunori Takahashi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Justice Hidehiro Mitani R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ayano Kunimitsu R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Iwao Horii C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Finance Shinichi Nakatani R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Shōji Maitachi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Shigeki Kobayashi R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Hiroyuki Nakamura R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yasumasa Nagasaka R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Hirobumi Niki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yukinori Nemoto R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Yūhei Yamashita C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshiro Ino R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
Kenji Yamada R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hajime Sasaki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Yasuyuki Sakai C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister for Reconstruction
State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister of the Environment Kiyoto Tsuji R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office
Shigeharu Aoyama C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
State Minister of Defense Masahisa Miyazaki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 State Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Vice-Ministers

Inaugurated on 22 October 2025

Portfolio Parliamentary
Vice-Minister
Took office Left office Concurrent post
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation Hideto Kawasaki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction Naoki Furukawa R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Masato Shimizu C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Takuo Komori R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Eishun Ueda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Hideto Kawasaki R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
Yozo Kaneko R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Shinji Wakayama R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Naoki Furukawa R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Toshiyuki Ochi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Takuo Komori R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Eishun Ueda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Rio Tomonō C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
Shinji Yoshida R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hideyuki Nakano R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Jun Mukōyama R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Daisuke Kajihara C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice Mamoru Fukuyama C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Arfiya Eri R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Yohei Onishi R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Tomoaki Shimada R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance Satoshi Mitazono R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Harumi Takahashi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kaoru Fukuda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Masato Shimizu C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Wataru Kurihara R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Masayuki Kamiya C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ken Hirose R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Keisuke Yamamoto C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshiyuki Ochi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Takuo Komori R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ryusho Kato R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Manabu Nagai C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Eishun Ueda R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment Chisato Morishita R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026
Rio Tomonō C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Shinji Yoshida R 22 October 2025 18 February 2026 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Yohei Wakabayashi C 22 October 2025 18 February 2026

References

  1. ^ "Japan's LDP, Ishin agree to form coalition government, Kyodo says". Reuters. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.