Cabinet Shinzō Abe IV (2nd transformation)

Cabinet Abe IV (2nd transformation)
98th Japanese Cabinet (2nd transformation) dai-98-dai naikaku (dai-2-ji-kaizō)
Prime Minister Naikaku Sōri-Daijin	Shinzo Abe
Legislative period	200.– x. NV (48th Abg. House , 25th Senate )
Appointed by	Emperor Naruhito
education	September 11, 2019
Duration	0 years and 356 days
predecessor	Cabinet Shinzō Abe IV (1st transformation)
composition
Party (s)	LDP - Kōmeitō coalition government ji-kō renritsu seiken
minister	20 (2 resignations)
State Secretaries	5 Special Advisers to the Prime Minister 3 Parliamentary Vice-Heads of the Cabinet Secretariat 26 "Vice Ministers" 28 "Parliamentary State Secretaries"
representation
House of Representatives	314/465 (7/26/2019)
senate	141/245 (10.9.2019)
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano (editor, KDP )

The fourth Abe cabinet ( Japanese 第 4 次 安 倍 第 2 次 改造 内閣 , daiyoji Abe dainijikaizō naikaku ), which was reorganized for the second time , has been ruling Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe since September 11, 2019. In the Senate election in July 2019 , the ruling coalition had from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō can maintain their absolute majority with slight losses. The LDP lost its independent absolute majority, so that the coalition is now again purely numerically necessary for the safe legislative majority of the government.

The cabinet consists exclusively of members from the national parliament, 18 from the House of Representatives and two from the Senate . Two ministerial posts were filled with women; After the resignation of Justice Minister Kawai, a third woman joined the cabinet, Masako Mori. In addition to Abe, Deputy Prime Minister Asō and Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga kept their departments and thus fewer ministers than ever before under Abe. 13 of the new cabinet members had never been ministers before. There were also changes in the LDP board; Among other things, the previous Executive Council Chairman Katsunobu Katō , who moved to the government, was replaced by the previous Olympic Minister Shun'ichi Suzuki .

The cabinet is the first since the beginning of the Reiwa period in April 2019 and therefore also the first to be appointed by Emperor Naruhito  .

minister

Abe IV cabinet reorganized for the second time since September 11, 2019

Ministerial department	Further tasks	minister	image	Parliamentary mandate (chamber, constituency, parliamentary group)	Faction
premier	-	Shinzo Abe		Ed., Yamaguchi 4, LDP	( Hosoda )
Finances Special tasks (financial sector)	"Overcoming Deflation" (defure dakkyaku) 1st representative of the Prime Minister ( Deputy Prime Minister )	Tarō Asō		Ed., Fukuoka 8, LDP	Asō
General matters Special tasks (My Number System)	4. Representative of the Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi		Ed., Nara 2, LDP	-
Judiciary	-	Katsuyuki Kawai (until October 31, 2019)		Ed., Hiroshima 3, LDP	-
		Masako Mori (from October 31, 2019)		Sen. (Class of 2019), Fukushima , LDP	Hosoda
Foreign Affairs	3. Representative of the Prime Minister	Toshimitsu Motegi		Ed., Tochigi 5, LDP	Takeshita
Cult and Science	"Educational renewal " (kyōiku saisei)	Koichi Hagiuda		Ed., Tokyo 24, LDP	Hosoda
Social and work	"Reform of the way of working" (hatarakikata kaikaku) [government initiative to limit extremely long working hours]	Katsunobu Kato		Ed., Okayama 5, LDP	Takeshita
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	-	Taku Etō		Ed., Miyazaki 2, LDP	-
Economy and industry Special tasks (organization for nuclear power compensation & reactor decommissioning)	"Competitiveness of industry" (sangyō kyōsōryoku) "Economic cooperation with Russia" (Roshia keizai bun'ya kyōryoku) " Expo 2025 " (2025 kokusai hakurankai) "Economic damage from nuclear power" (genshiryoku keizai higai)	Isshū Sugawara (until October 25, 2019)		Ed., Tokyo 9, LDP	-
		Hiroshi Kajiyama (from October 25, 2019)		Ed., Ibaraki 4, LDP	-
Land and Transport	"Measures for the water cycle" (mizujunkan seisaku)	Kazuyoshi Akaba		Ed., Hyōgo 2, Kōmeitō	-
Environment special tasks (nuclear power disaster control)	-	Shinjirō Koizumi		Ed., Kanagawa 11, LDP	-
defense	5. Representative of the Prime Minister	Tarō Kono		Ed., Kanagawa 15, LDP	Asō
Chief Cabinet Secretary	" Lightening the burden of the bases in Okinawa " (Okinawa kichi futan keigen) "Kidnapping problem " (rachi mondai) [see DPRK kidnapping of Japanese citizens ] 2. Representative of the Prime Minister	Yoshihide Suga		Ed., Kanagawa 2, LDP	-
reconstruction	"Comprehensive recovery from the nuclear power accident in Fukushima " (Fukushima gempatsu jiko saisei sōkatsu)	Kazunori Tanaka		Ed., Kanagawa 10, LDP	Asō
National Public Security Commission Special Tasks (Civil Protection)	"Strengthening the toughness of the country" (kokudo kyōjinka) [Government program for disaster control infrastructure ] "National public service" (kokka kōmuin seido) "Administrative reform" (gyōsei kaikaku)	Ryōta Takeda		Ed., Fukuoka 11, LDP	Nikai
Special Assignments (Okinawa & Northern Territories ; Consumers & Food Safety; Decline In Births; Maritime Affairs)	"Activation of all 100 million" (ichi-oku-sō-katsuyaku) [government program for economic and social stability in demographic change] "Territorial conflicts " (ryōdo mondai)	Seiichi Eto		Sen. (Class of 2019), National, LDP	Nikai
Special tasks (regional revitalization; deregulation)	"Activation of city, person, work" (machi, hito, shigoto sōsei)	Seigo Kitamura		Ed., Nagasaki 4, LDP	Kishida
Special tasks (economic & fiscal policy)	"Economic renewal " (keizai saisei) "integrated reform of social security system & taxes" (shakai hoshō ・ zei ittai kaikaku)	Yasutoshi Nishimura		Ed., Hyōgo 9, LDP	Hosoda
Special tasks ( Cool Japan Strategy; Promotion of Intellectual Property ; Science & Technology; Space)	IT politics (jōhō tsūshin gijutsu (ai-tī) seisaku)	Naokazu Takemoto		Ed., Osaka 15, LDP	Kishida
Special tasks (gender equality)	Olympic & Paralympic Games Tokyo (Tōkyō orimpikku kyōgi taikai ・ Tōkyō pararimpikku kyōgi taikai) "Activation of women" (josei katsuyaku) [see Abenomics or "Womenomics"]	Seiko Hashimoto		Sen. (Class of 2019), National, LDP	Hosoda

Resignations

• Economy Minister Sugawara resigned on October 25, 2019 over a violation of the election campaign law. The previous week he had his secretary deliver “condolences” to the relatives of a deceased voter.
• Justice Minister Kawai also resigned on October 31, 2019 over campaigning law violations. His wife Anri Kawai , who was elected for the LDP in the Senate election in July 2019 in the constituency of Hiroshima Prefecture, had paid more than the legal limit to employees of her election campaign. Justice Minister Kawai himself was charged with his secretary presenting gifts to potential voters in October.

Web links

• Shushō Kantei / Japanese Cabinet, fourth Abe Cabinet remodeled for the last time: Minister of State , Advisor to the Prime Minister (Japanese), English translation , Chinese translation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ shugiin.go.jp - 会 派 名 及 び 会 派別 所属 議員 数 (Japanese), accessed September 11, 2019
2. ↑ sangiin.go.jp - 会 派別 所属 議員 数 一 覧 (Japanese), accessed September 11, 2019
3. ^ Abe shakes up LDP leadership, but retains key party heavyweights. In: The Japan Times . September 11, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Japan trade chief Isshu Sugawara exits amid allegations he broke election campaign law. In: The Japan Times . October 25, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 . 
5. ^ Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai resigns over wife's alleged election law breach. In: The Japan Times . October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .