List of members of the Sangiin (21st legislative term)
The list gives an overview of all members of the Sangiin , the upper house of the Japanese parliament , in the 21st electoral term (2007-2010). This covers the 167th to 174th session of Parliament.
Factions
After the Sangiin election in 2007 , the Sangiin was composed as follows:
| fraction | Election result (parties) | Beginning of the legislative period |
As of June 16, 2010 (end of the 174th session) |
Additions (incomplete) |
Disposals (incomplete) |
balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPJ / Shinryokufūkai / New People's Party / New Party of Japan | 109 (DPJ) 4 (New People's Party) 1 (New Japan Party) |
119 | 122 | Matsuura (accession) Morita (accession) Tomochika (accession) Toyama (accession) Tanaka N. (accession) Hirayama M. (successor) Hirono (successor) Tsuchida (by-election) Kaneko Y. (by-election) Tamura (accession) Yoshimura (accession) |
Eda (President) Matsushita (Resignation) Asao (Resignation) Ōe (Resignation) Watanabe H. (Resignation) Tanaka (Resignation) Aoki A. (Resignation) |
+3 |
| LDP / Kaikaku Club | 83 (LDP) 1 (misc.) |
85 | 71 | Matsushita (accession) Arai (accession) Ōe (accession) Watanabe H. (accession) |
Santō (Vice President) Kobayashi Y. (Resignation) Tanaka N. (Resignation) Arai (Resignation) Sakamoto (Resignation) Tamura (Resignation) Hasegawa T. (Resignation) Yoshimura (Resignation) Matsuda (Resignation) Wakabayashi (Resignation) Nakagawa Y. ( Exit) Fujii (exit) Masuzoe (exit) Watanabe H. (exit) Yamauchi Tos. (Exit) Yano (exit) Koike M. (exit) Arai (exit) Ōe (exit) |
−14 |
| (New) Kōmeitō | 20th | 20th | 21st | Matsu (replacement) Kusakawa (replacement) |
Tōyama (resignation) | +1 |
| KPJ | 7th | 7th | 7th | 0 | ||
| Shinto Kaikaku | - | - | 6th | Masuzoe (founding) Watanabe H. (founding) Yamauchi Tos. (Foundation) Yano (foundation) Koike M. (foundation) Arai (foundation) |
(+6) | |
| SDP / Alliance for the Protection of the Constitution | 5 (SDP) | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Tachiagare Nippon | - | - | 2 | Nakagawa Y. (Founding) Fujii (Founding) |
(+2) | |
| Non-attached | 13 (Independent) | 6th | 7th | Eda (President) Santō (Vice President) Matsushita Arai Tanaka N. Ōe Watanabe H. Tamura Hasegawa T. Yoshimura Matsuda Ōe |
Matsuura Morita Tomochika Toyama Matsushita Arai Tanaka N. Ōe Watanabe H. Tamura Yoshimura |
+1 |
| total | 242 | 242 | 241 | −1 |
Bureau
- President
Eda Satsuki (non-attached, previously DPJ ) - Vice President
Santō Akiko (non-attached, previously LDP )
- Secretary General
Obata Mikio
Committees and Chairs
Standing committees
- Cabinet Committee
- Fujiwara Masashi , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2007
- Okada Hiroshi , LDP (Yamasaki Group), 2007-2008
- Aichi Jirō , LDP, 2008-2009
- Kawai Tsunenori , LDP (Nukaga faction), 2009-2010
- General Affairs Committee (Interior Committee)
- Takashima Yoshimitsu , DPJ, 2007-2009
- Naitō Masamitsu , DPJ (Kan / Yokomichi group), 2009
- Satō Taisuke , DPJ, 2009-2010
- Judicial committee
- Tōyama Kiyohiko , Kōmeitō, 2007–2009
- Matsu Akira , Kōmeitō, 2009–2010
- Foreign and Defense Committee
- Kitazawa Toshimi , DPJ (Hata group), 2007-2009
- Shimba Kazuya , DPJ (Hatoyama Group), 2009
- Tanaka Naoki , DPJ, 2009-2010
- Financial Policy Committee
- Minezaki Naoki , DPJ (Yokomichi Group), 2007-2008
- Madoka Yoriko , DPJ, 2008-2009
- Ōishi Masamitsu , DPJ (Hata group), 2009-2010
- Committee on Education, Culture and Science
- Sekiguchi Masakazu , LDP (Tsushima faction), 2007-2008
- Nakagawa Masaharu , LDP (Machimura faction), 2008-2009
- Mizuochi Toshiei , LDP (Koga faction), 2009-2010
- Committee on Health, Labor and Social Affairs
- Iwamoto Tsukasa , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2007-2009
- Tsuji Yasuhiro , DPJ (Hatoyama Group), 2009
- Yanagida Minoru , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2009-2010
- Committee on Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
- Gunji Akira , DPJ (Yokomichi Group), 2007-2009
- Hirano Tatsuo , DPJ (Ozawa Group), 2009
- Ogawa Toshio , DPJ (Kan Group), 2009-2010
- Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
- Watanabe Hideo , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2007-2008
- Yamane Ryūji , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2008–2009
- Sakurai Mitsuru , DPJ, 2009
- Kimata Yoshitake , DPJ (Kawabata Group), 2009-2010
- Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee
- Yoshida Hiromi , LDP (Tsushima faction), 2007-2008
- Tamura Kōtarō , LDP → non-attached, 2008–2009
- Shiina Kazuyasu , LDP (Ibuki faction), 2009-2010
- Environment Committee
- Matsuyama Masaji , LDP (Koga faction), 2007
- Arimura Haruko , LDP (Kōmura faction), 2007–2009
- Yamatani Eriko , LDP (Machimura faction), 2009-2010
- National Fundamental Policy Committee
- Yamashita Yasuo , DPJ, 2007-2009
- Ōishi Masamitsu , DPJ, 2009
- Mizote Kensei , LDP (Koga faction), 2009-2010
- Budget Committee
- Kōnoike Yoshitada , LDP (Asō faction), 2007–2008
- Mizote Kensei , LDP (Koga faction), 2008-2009
- Yanase Susumu , DPJ (Hatoyama Group), 2009-2010
- Audit Committee
- Ogawa Toshio , DPJ (Kan Group), 2007-2009
- Ienishi Satoru , DPJ (Kan Group), 2009
- Kamimoto Mieko , DPJ (Yokomichi Group), 2009-2010
- Administrative Oversight and Control Committee
- Katō Shūichi , Kōmeitō, 2007–2008
- Yamashita Eiichi , Kōmeitō, 2008–2009
- Watanabe Takao , Kōmeitō, 2009-2010
- Rules of Procedure Committee
- Nishioka Takeo , DPJ (Ozawa Group), 2007-2010
- Disciplinary Committee
- Nakasone Hirofumi , LDP (Ibuki faction), 2007-2008
- Fujii Takao , LDP (Tsushima faction), 2008-2010
- Asano Katsuhito , LDP (Asō faction), 2010
Special committees
Status: 2007
- Special Committee on Disasters, Ichikawa Yasuo , DPJ (Ozawa Group)
- Special Committee for Okinawa and the Northern Territories, Ichikawa Ichirō , LDP (Koga faction)
- Special Committee on Political Ethics and Suffrage, Suzuki Kan , DPJ
- Special Committee on North Korean Abduction and Related Matters, Shimoda Atsuko , DPJ
- Special Committee on Development Aid and Related Affairs, Mizote Kensei , LDP (Koga faction)
Investigative and advisory committees
Status: 2007
- International Affairs and Global Warming Committee, Ishii Hajime , DPJ (Hata Group)
- Quality of Life and Economy Committee, Yano Tetsurō , LDP (Ibuki faction)
- Committee on Decreased Birth Rates, Aging and a Harmonious Society, Tanabu Masami , DPJ
- Political Ethics Advisory Committee, Hirata Kenji , DPJ
- Advisory Committee for the Constitution, vacant
Cabinets
- Current cabinets under Prime Minister Abe Shinzō (LDP, Shūgiin) after the Sangiin election 2007: Cabinet Abe I , Cabinet Abe I (reshuffle)
- September 25, 2007
The Sangiin votes against the Shūgiin with 133 votes for Ozawa Ichirō (DPJ); Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo (LDP) receives 106 votes. Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet , Cabinet Minister Yasuo Fukuda (transformation) . - September 24, 2008
The Sangiin votes against the Shūgiin with 125 votes for Ozawa Ichirō (DPJ); Prime Minister Asō Tarō (LDP) receives 108 votes. Cabinet Asō . - September 16, 2009
The Sangiin and the Shūgiin vote with 124 votes for Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio (DPJ); Wakabayashi Masatoshi (LDP) received 84 votes, Yamaguchi Natsuo (Kōmeitō), 21, Shii Kazuo (KPJ) 7th Hatoyama cabinet - June 4, 2010
The Sangiin and the Shūgiin vote with 123 votes for Prime Minister Kan Naoto (DPJ); Tanigaki Sadakazu (LDP) receives 71 votes, Yamaguchi Natsuo (Kōmeitō) 21, Shii Kazuo (KPJ) 7, Fukushima Mizuho (SDP) 6, Masuzoe Yōichi (Shintō Kaikaku) 6, Hiranuma Takeo (Tachiagare Nippon) 2, Watanabe Yoshimi (Minnaippon) no Tō) 1st cabinet Kan
MPs
Due to the change in the number of MPs in some constituencies, which began in 2007, some had an odd number of MPs by 2010. (Reduced by two mandates: Tochigi Prefectures , Gunma ; enlarged by two mandates: Chiba , Tokyo )
Note: In this list, the family name is placed before the proper name of the person. This is the usual order in Japanese.
Individual evidence
- ↑ I love Okinawa! Kagayaku Kenmin no Kai
Web links
- Sangiin: MPs by political group (Japanese)