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On September 17, the new Kan Cabinet was launched following a reshuffle undertaken by the Prime Minister. Kan convened the first meeting of the new Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office on the evening of the same day, and the new Cabinet members assembled for a group photograph.
The list of the new Cabinet is as follows.
List of Ministers
September 17, 2010 (Provisional Translation)
Prime Minister Naoto KAN
(R)
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Yoshihiro KATAYAMA -
Minister of Justice
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue Minoru YANAGIDA (C)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji MAEHARA (R)
Minister of Finance Yoshihiko NODA (R)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yoshiaki TAKAKI (R)
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Ritsuo HOSOKAWA (R)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Michihiko KANO (R)
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akihiro OHATA (R)
Minister of Land，Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Ocean Policy Sumio MABUCHI (R)
Minister of Environment
Minister of State for Disaster Management Ryu MATSUMOTO (R)
Minister of Defense Toshimi KITAZAWA (C)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito SENGOKU (R)
Chairman of the National Commission on Public Safety
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Social Affairs, and Gender Equality Tomiko OKAZAKI (C)
Minister of State for Postal Reform
Minister of State for Financial Services Shozaburo JIMI (C)
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy Banri KAIEDA (R)
Minister of State for National Policy
Minister of State for the New Public Commons Koichiro GEMBA (R)
Minister of State for Government Revitalization
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform RENHO (C)
List of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Motohisa FURUKAWA (R)
Tetsuro FUKUYAMA (C)
Kinya TAKINO -
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Shinichiro KAJITA -
List of Special Advisors to the Prime Minister
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Katsuya OGAWA (C)
Koichi KATO (R)
Manabu TERATA (R)
• "R" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Representatives.
• "C" indicates that he/she is a member of the House of Councillors.
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