Second Nakasone Cabinet

The Second Nakasone Cabinet is the 72nd Cabinet of Japan headed by Yasuhiro Nakasone from December 27, 1983, to July 22, 1986.^[1]

Second Nakasone Cabinet
72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	December 27, 1983
Date dissolved	November 1, 1984
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party   New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party   Kōmeitō   Democratic Socialist Party   Japanese Communist Party
History
Predecessor	First Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Second Nakasone Cabinet (First Reshuffle)

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Eisaku Sumi		Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Yoshirō Mori		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Kōzō Watanabe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Shinjirō Yamamura		Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Hikosaburo Okonogi		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Kichizō Hosoda		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Posts	Keiwa Okuda		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Misoji Sakamoto		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Construction	Kiyoshi Mizuno		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Seiichi Tagawa		New Liberal Club
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Takao Fujinami		Liberal Democratic
Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office	Ichirō Nakanishi		Liberal Democratic	for Crisis Management In charge of reuse issues at the former Japanese Embassy in Berlin[note 1]	Abolished on July 1, 1984
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency
Director of the Administrative Management Agency	Masaharu Gotōda		Liberal Democratic		Abolished on July 1, 1984
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency					Established on July 1, 1984
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the National Land Agency	Sakonshirō Inamura		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Defense Agency	Yūkō Kurihara		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Toshio Kōmoto		Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Michiyuki Isurugi		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Environment Agency	Minoru Ueda		Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Toyohiko Mizuhira		Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
	Shōichi Fujimori		Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi		Bureaucrat
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office	Mitsuo Horiuchi		Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs Abolished on July 1, 1984
	Susumu Yamaji		Bureaucrat		for General Affairs Abolished on July 1, 1984
Source:[1]

First Reshuffled Cabinet

Second Nakasone Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	November 1, 1984
Date dissolved	December 28, 1985
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party   New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party   Kōmeitō   Democratic Socialist Party   Japanese Communist Party
History
Predecessor	Second Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Second Nakasone Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)

The first Cabinet reshuffle took place on November 1, 1984.

Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Hitoshi Shimasaki		Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Hikaru Matsunaga		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Hiroyuki Masuoka		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Moriyoshi Satō		Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Keijirō Murata		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Tokuo Yamashita		Liberal Democratic	In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts	Megumu Satō		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Toshio Yamaguchi		New Liberal Club
Minister of Construction	Yoshiaki Kibe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Tōru Furuya		Liberal Democratic
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Takao Fujinami		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	Masaharu Gotōda		Liberal Democratic
Director of the National Land Agency Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency	Kakuzo Kawamoto		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Toshio Kōmoto		Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality	Resigned on August 14, 1985
	Takao Fujimoto		Liberal Democratic		Appointed on August 14, 1985
Director of the Defense Agency	Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Ippei Kaneko		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Reiichi Takeuchi		Liberal Democratic	Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency	Shigeru Ishimoto		Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Taku Yamasaki		Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
	Shōichi Fujimori		Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi		Bureaucrat
Source:[1]

Second Reshuffled Cabinet

Second Nakasone Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)
72nd Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	December 28, 1985
Date dissolved	July 22, 1986
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party   New Liberal Club
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party   Kōmeitō   Democratic Socialist Party   Japanese Communist Party
History
Elections	38th general election (1986) 14th Councillors election (1986)
Predecessor	Second Nakasone Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
Successor	Third Nakasone Cabinet

The second Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 28, 1985.

Portfolio	Minister	Political party		Special mission etc.	Note
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Justice	Seigo Suzuki		Liberal Democratic
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Shintaro Abe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Finance	Noboru Takeshita		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Education	Toshiki Kaifu		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Health	Isamu Imai		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Tsutomu Hata		Liberal Democratic
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Michio Watanabe		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Transport	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka		Liberal Democratic	In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts	Bunsei Satō		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Labor	Yū Hayashi		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Construction	Takami Eto		Liberal Democratic
Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission	Ichirō Ozawa		Liberal Democratic
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Masaharu Gotōda		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency	Masumi Esaki		Liberal Democratic	In charge of introducing foreign economic and private sector vitality
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency	Raishirō Koga		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Defense Agency	Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	Wataru Hiraizumi		Liberal Democratic
Director of the Science and Technology Agency	Yōhei Kōno		New Liberal Club	Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency	Yoshihide Mori		Liberal Democratic
Director of the National Land Agency	Heihachirō Yamazaki		Liberal Democratic
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Shunjirō Karasawa		Liberal Democratic		for Political Affairs
	Shōichi Fujimori		Bureaucrat		for General Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau	Takashi Mogushi		Bureaucrat
Source:[1]

Notes

1. Appointed on July 4, 1984