Suga Cabinet

The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021.^[1] The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Suga Cabinet
99th Cabinet of Japan
16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front row, centre) with the newly-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, September 16, 2020
Date formed	September 16, 2020
Date dissolved	October 4, 2021
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Head of government	Yoshihide Suga
Head of government's history	Member of the HoR for Kanagawa 2nd district (1996–present) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006–2007) Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012–2020)
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Total no. of members	27
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party   Komeito
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano
History
Predecessor	Fourth Abe Cabinet
Successor	First Kishida Cabinet

Following his resignation, the Suga cabinet was dissolved on October 4, 2021, and replaced with the First Kishida Cabinet after being in office for 384 days.^[2][3][4]

Election of the prime minister

16 September 2020
Absolute majority (233/465) required

House of Representatives
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YYoshihide Suga	314 / 465
	Yukio Edano	134 / 465
	Toranosuke Katayama	11 / 465
	Nariaki Nakayama	2 / 465
	Shinjiro Koizumi	1 / 465
	Abstentions/vacant	3 / 465
Source[5]

16 September 2020
Absolute majority (123/245) required

House of Councillors
Choice		First Vote
		Votes
	YYoshihide Suga	142 / 245
	Yukio Edano	78 / 245
	Toranosuke Katayama	16 / 245
	Takae Itō	1 / 245
	Blank	3 / 245
	Abstentions/vacant	5 / 245
Source[6]

Lists of ministers

  Liberal Democratic
  Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors
B = Bureaucrat

Cabinet

Suga Cabinet^[7][8][1]

Portfolio	Minister				Term	Note
Prime Minister			Yoshihide Suga	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation			Tarō Asō	R	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021	[9][8][7][1]
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications			Ryota Takeda	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Justice			Yōko Kamikawa	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister for Foreign Affairs			Toshimitsu Motegi	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Defense			Nobuo Kishi	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding			Koichi Hagiuda	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister in charge of Working-style Reform			Norihisa Tamura	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries			Kōtarō Nogami	C	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation			Hiroshi Kajiyama	R	October 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy			Kazuyoshi Akaba	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Minister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021)			Shinjiro Koizumi	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue			Katsunobu Katō	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[9][8][7][1]
Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima			Katsuei Hirasawa	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Chairperson 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			Hachiro Okonogi	R	September 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021
			Yasufumi Tanahashi	R	June 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021)			Tarō Kōno	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021)			Tetsushi Sakamoto	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of Social Security Reform			Yasutoshi Nishimura	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister for Digital Transformation Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System Minister in charge of Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy			Takuya Hirai	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality			Seiko Hashimoto	C	September 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021	[10]
			Tamayo Marukawa	C	February 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021	[10]
Minister in charge of the Osaka World Expo Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for the Intellectual Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy			Shinji Inoue	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021	[8][7][1]

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

Suga Deputy Cabinet

Portfolio	Deputy Minister				Term	Note
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary			Manabu Sakai	R	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
			Naoki Okada	C	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
			Kazuhiro Sugita	B	December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021	former: National Police Agency
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau			Masaharu Kondo	B	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021	former: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister

Portfolio	Adviser				Term	Note
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security			Minoru Kihara	R	September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Diplomacy and Economic Issues			Masashi Adachi	C	September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Social Capital Development, Regional Revitalization, National Resilience, Reconstruction, Health and Medical Care, Scientific and Technological Innovation			Hiroto Izumi	B	January 21, 2013 – October 4, 2021	from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Policy Evaluation and Verification			Meiji Kakizaki	B	October 1, 2020 – October 4, 2021	former journalist of Kyodo News