Second Takaichi cabinet

Second Takaichi cabinet
Second Takaichi cabinet
; 105th Cabinet of Japan
18 February 2026 – present
	Takaichi (front row, centre) with the elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 18 February 2026
Date formed	18 February 2026
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister's history	Member of the HoR (1993–2003, 2005–present); Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2014–2017, 2019–2020); ;
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party; Japan Innovation Party; ;
Status in legislature	HoR (Lower): Supermajority; HoC (Upper): Minority;
Opposition leader	Junya Ogawa (2026–present)
History
Election	2026 Japanese general election
Predecessor	Takaichi I

The Second Takaichi cabinet is the 105th and present Cabinet of Japan, formed on 18 February 2026 when Sanae Takaichi was reappointed Prime Minister by Emperor Naruhito as designated by the National Diet following the 2026 general election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Dateformed18 February 2026

Prime Minister's history

- Member of the HoR (1993–2003, 2005–present)
- Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2014–2017, 2019–2020)

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The first reshuffle took place on 17 September 2026 and one Cabinet minister, two State ministers, three Parliamentary Vice-Ministers from the Japan Innovation Party joined the Cabinet for the first time under the LDP–JIP coalition.^[4]^[5]

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House of Representatives
Choice		Party	Votes
	YSanae Takaichi	Liberal Democratic Party	354 / 465
	Junya Ogawa	Centrist Reform Alliance	50 / 465
	Yuichiro Tamaki	Democratic Party For the People	28 / 465
	Sohei Kamiya	Sanseitō	15 / 465
	Takahiro Anno	Team Mirai	11 / 465
	Tomoko Tamura	Japanese Communist Party	4 / 465
	Takashi Kawamura	Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance	1 / 465
	Fumiyo Okuda	Reiwa Shinsengumi	1 / 465

House of Councillors
Choice		Party	Votes
Choice		Party	First ballot	Runoff
	YSanae Takaichi	Liberal Democratic Party	123 / 248	125 / 248
	Junya Ogawa	Centrist Reform Alliance	58 / 248	65 / 248
	Yuichiro Tamaki	Democratic Party For the People	25 / 248	Eliminated
	Sohei Kamiya	Sanseitō	15 / 248
	Tomoko Tamura	Japanese Communist Party	7 / 248
	Fumiyo Okuda	Reiwa Shinsengumi	5 / 248
	Shunichi Mizuoka	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan	5 / 248
	Yōichi Iha	Independent	2 / 248
	Naoki Hyakuta	Conservative Party of Japan	2 / 248
	Mizuho Fukushima	Social Democratic Party	2 / 248
	Takahiro Anno	Team Mirai	1 / 248
	Blank ballot		1 / 248	8 / 248
	Invalid ballot			48 / 248

Portfolio			Took office	Left office
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi	R	18 February 2026
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications	Yoshimasa Hayashi	R	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister of Justice	Hiroshi Hiraguchi	R	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Toshimitsu Motegi	R	18 February 2026
Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation	Satsuki Katayama	C	18 February 2026
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Yohei Matsumoto	R	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare	Kenichiro Ueno	R	18 February 2026
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Norikazu Suzuki	R	18 February 2026	17 September 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	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	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness	Hirotaka Ishihara	R	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister of Defense	Shinjirō Koizumi	R	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	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 of State for Regulatory Reform Minister in State for Cybersecurity	Hisashi Matsumoto	R	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima	Takao Makino	C	18 February 2026
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister in charge of Territorial Issues Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for Ocean Policy	Jiro Akama	R	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	Hitoshi Kikawada	R	18 February 2026
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of New Capitalism Minister in charge of Wage Increase Minister in charge of Startups Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All Generations Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Regulatory Reform	Minoru Kiuchi	R	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	18 February 2026

Portfolio	Name		Took office	Left office	Previous office
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Masanao Ozaki	R	18 February 2026
	Kei Satō	C	18 February 2026	17 September 2026
	Yasuhiro Tsuyuki [ja]	B	18 February 2026		Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Nobuyuki Iwao [ja]	B	18 February 2026		Public Prosecutors Office

Portfolio			Term
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister	Sadamasa Oue	B	18 February 2026–17 September 2026
	Takahiro Inoue	R	18 February 2026–17 September 2026
	Takashi Endo	R	18 February 2026–present
	Midori Matsushima	R	18 February 2026–17 September 2026
	Yoshimasa Uno [ja]	B	18 February 2026–present

Second Takaichi cabinet

Election of the Prime Minister

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

List of ministers

Cabinet

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

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

State ministers

Parliamentary Vice-Ministers

Reshuffled cabinet

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

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

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Second Takaichi cabinet
105th Cabinet of Japan
18 February 2026 – present
Takaichi (front row, centre) with the elected cabinet inside the Kantei, 18 February 2026
Date formed	18 February 2026
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister's history	Member of the HoR (1993–2003, 2005–present) Former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2014–2017, 2019–2020)
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party Japan Innovation Party
Status in legislature	HoR (Lower): Supermajority HoC (Upper): Minority
Opposition leader	Junya Ogawa (2026–present)
History
Election	2026 Japanese general election
Predecessor	Takaichi I

R	Member of the House of Representatives
C	Member of the House of Councillors
B	Bureaucrat

Portfolio			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
State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications	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
State Minister for Foreign Affairs	Iwao Horii	C	19 February 2026	Incumbent
State Minister of Finance	Shinichi Nakatani	R	19 February 2026	Incumbent
State Minister of Finance	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
State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare	Hirobumi Niki	R	19 February 2026	Incumbent
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Yukinori Nemoto	R	19 February 2026	Incumbent
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	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
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry	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
State Minister of the Environment	Shigeharu Aoyama	C	19 February 2026	Incumbent
State Minister of Defense	Masahisa Miyazaki	R	19 February 2026	Incumbent	State Minister of Cabinet Office

Portfolio			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
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance	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
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare	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
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry	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
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment	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
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense	Yohei Wakabayashi	C	19 February 2026	Incumbent

Second Takaichi Cabinet (Reshuffle)
105th Cabinet of Japan
Reshuffled cabinet photo in September 2026
Date formed	September 17, 2026
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party Japan Innovation Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government HoR (Lower): Majority HoC (Upper): Minority
Opposition party	Democratic Party For the People Constitutional Democratic Party Komeito Sanseitō Team Mirai Japanese Communist Party Party of Life Social Democratic Party
History
Elections	2026/51st HoR general election 2025/27th HoC regular election
Predecessor	Second Takaichi Cabinet

Portfolio			Term
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister	Kenji Wakamiya	R	17 September 2026–present
	Hajime Sasaki	R	17 September 2026–present
	Takashi Endo	R	18 February 2026–present
	Hisashi Matsumoto	R	17 September 2026–present
	Yoshimasa Uno [ja]	B	18 February 2026–present