Second Takaichi cabinet
Second Takaichi cabinet | |
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105th Cabinet of Japan | |
| 18 February 2026 – present | |
| Date formed | 18 February 2026 |
| People and organisations | |
| Emperor | Naruhito |
| Prime Minister | Sanae Takaichi |
| Prime Minister's history |
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| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | |
| Opposition leader | Junya Ogawa (2026–present) |
| History | |
| Election | 2026 Japanese general election |
| Predecessor | Takaichi I |
The Second Takaichi cabinet is the 105th Cabinet of Japan, formed on 18 February 2026 when Sanae Takaichi was reappointed Prime Minister by Emperor Naruhito as designated by the National Diet.[1][2][3]
Election of the Prime Minister
House of Representatives
| House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Party | Votes | |
| Sanae Takaichi | Liberal Democratic Party | 354 / 465
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| Junya Ogawa | Centrist Reform Alliance | 50 / 465
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| Yuichiro Tamaki | Democratic Party For the People | 28 / 465
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| Sohei Kamiya | Sanseitō | 15 / 465
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| Takahiro Anno | Team Mirai | 11 / 465
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| Tomoko Tamura | Japanese Communist Party | 4 / 465
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| Takashi Kawamura | Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance | 1 / 465
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| Fumiyo Okuda | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 1 / 465
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House of Councillors
| House of Councillors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choice | Party | Votes | ||
| First ballot | Runoff | |||
| Sanae Takaichi | Liberal Democratic Party | 123 / 248
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125 / 248
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| Junya Ogawa | Centrist Reform Alliance | 58 / 248
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65 / 248
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| Yuichiro Tamaki | Democratic Party For the People | 25 / 248
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Eliminated | |
| Sohei Kamiya | Sanseitō | 15 / 248
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| Tomoko Tamura | Japanese Communist Party | 7 / 248
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| Fumiyo Okuda | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 5 / 248
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| Shunichi Mizuoka | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan | 5 / 248
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| Yōichi Iha | Independent | 2 / 248
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| Naoki Hyakuta | Conservative Party of Japan | 2 / 248
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| Mizuho Fukushima | Social Democratic Party | 2 / 248
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| Takahiro Anno | Team Mirai | 1 / 248
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| Blank ballot | 1 / 248
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8 / 248
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| Invalid ballot | 48 / 248
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Cabinet
| Liberal Democratic | |
| Japan Innovation |
| R | Member of the House of Representatives |
| C | Member of the House of Councillors |
| B | Bureaucrat |
Ministers
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 | 18 February 2026 | ||||
| Kei Satō | C | 18 February 2026 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Tsuyuki | B | 18 February 2026 | Commissioner General of the National Police Agency | ||||
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Nobuyuki Iwao | B | 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 | 18 February 2026–present | |||
| Takahiro Inoue | R | 18 February 2026–present | ||||
| Takashi Endo | R | 18 February 2026–present | ||||
| Midori Matsushima | R | 18 February 2026–present | ||||
| Yoshimasa Uno | B | 18 February 2026–present | ||||
| Portfolio | State Minister | Took office | Left office | Concurrent post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Minister for Digital Transformation | Soichiro Imaeda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| State Minister for Reconstruction | Yoshinori Tadokoro | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Takakazu Seto | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Yasuyuki Sakai | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||
| State Minister of Cabinet Office | Soichiro Imaeda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister for Digital Transformation | |
| Takakazu Seto | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Kazuchika Iwata | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Hayato Suzuki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Jun Tsushima | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Toshiro Ino | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Kenji Yamada | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Yasuyuki Sakai | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister for Reconstruction State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||
| Kiyoto Tsuji | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of the Environment | ||
| Masahisa Miyazaki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Defense | ||
| State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Noriko Horiuchi | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Katsunori Takahashi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Justice | Hidehiro Mitani | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| State Minister for Foreign Affairs | Ayano Kunimitsu | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Iwao Horii | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Finance | Shinichi Nakatani | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Shōji Maitachi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | Shigeki Kobayashi | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Hiroyuki Nakamura | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | Yasumasa Nagasaka | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Hirobumi Niki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Yukinori Nemoto | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Yūhei Yamashita | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Toshiro Ino | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Kenji Yamada | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Hajime Sasaki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Yasuyuki Sakai | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister for Reconstruction State Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| State Minister of the Environment | Kiyoto Tsuji | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Shigeharu Aoyama | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| State Minister of Defense | Masahisa Miyazaki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | State Minister of Cabinet Office | |
Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Vice-Minister |
Took office | Left office | Concurrent post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation | Hideto Kawasaki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | Naoki Furukawa | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Masato Shimizu | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | ||
| Takuo Komori | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Eishun Ueda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | Hideto Kawasaki | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation | |
| Yozo Kaneko | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Shinji Wakayama | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Naoki Furukawa | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Toshiyuki Ochi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | ||
| Takuo Komori | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Eishun Ueda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Rio Tomonō | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment | ||
| Shinji Yoshida | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | Hideyuki Nakano | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Jun Mukōyama | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Daisuke Kajihara | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice | Mamoru Fukuyama | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | Arfiya Eri | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Yohei Onishi | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Tomoaki Shimada | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance | Satoshi Mitazono | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Harumi Takahashi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | Kaoru Fukuda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Masato Shimizu | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | Wataru Kurihara | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Masayuki Kamiya | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Ken Hirose | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Keisuke Yamamoto | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Toshiyuki Ochi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Takuo Komori | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Ryusho Kato | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Manabu Nagai | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
| Eishun Ueda | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment | Chisato Morishita | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | ||
| Rio Tomonō | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | ||
| Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense | Shinji Yoshida | R | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office | |
| Yohei Wakabayashi | C | 19 February 2026 | Incumbent | |||
References
- ^ Semans, Himari (8 February 2026). "Takaichi heads into parliament with key agenda points in mind". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ "Sanae Takaichi Elected 105th Prime Minister of Japan; Keeps All Cabinet Appointees from Previous Term". The Japan News. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ Nakamura, Keita (18 February 2026). "Takaichi reelected as Japan PM at Diet after LDP's huge election win". Japan Wire by Kyodo News. Retrieved 18 February 2026.