The current Cabinet of Japan, Second Takaichi cabinet (Reshuffled), has 16 male officers and 3 female officers, including Sanae Takaichi, Satsuki Katayama and Kimi Onoda.
denotes the first female minister of that particular department. Minister Position YearAppointed AdministrationPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi Prime Minister 2025 Takaichi CabinetMinister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yuriko Koike Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 2004 Koizumi II Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 2006 Koizumi III Sanae Takaichi Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 2014 Abe II, III and IV Seiko Noda Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 2017 Abe III and IVMinister of Justice Ritsuko Nagao Minister of Justice 1996 Hashimoto I Mayumi Moriyama Minister of Justice 2001 Koizumi I Chieko Nono Minister of Justice 2004 Koizumi II Keiko Chiba Minister of Justice 2009 Hatoyama and Kan Midori Matsushima Minister of Justice 2014 Abe II Yōko Kamikawa Minister of Justice 2014, 2017, 2020 S. Abe II, III, IV and Suga Masako Mori Minister of Justice 2019 Abe IV Minister of Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001 Koizumi I Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of Foreign Affairs 2002 Koizumi II Yōko Kamikawa Minister of Foreign Affairs 2023 Kishida II (R2)Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama Minister of Finance 2025 Takaichi CabinetMinister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Tsuruyo Kondo Minister of State for Science and Technology 1962 Akiko Santo Minister of State for Science and Technology 1990 Mayumi Moriyama Minister of Education, Science, Sport and Culture 1992 Ryōko Akamatsu Minister of Education 1993 Makiko Tanaka Minister of State for Science and Technology 1994 Seiko Noda Minister of Post and Telecommunication 1996 Atsuko Toyama Minister of State for Science and Technology 2001 Seiko Noda Minister of State for Science and Technology 2008 Makiko Tanaka Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2012 Keiko Nagaoka Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyMinister in charge of Education Rebuilding 2022 Kishida II (R1) Toshiko Abe Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2024 IshibaMinister of Health, Labour and Welfare Masa Nakayama Minister of Health and Social Welfare 1960 Ikeda I Yoko Komiyama Minister of Health and Social Welfare 2011 NodaMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesNoneMinister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yuko Obuchi Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2014 Shinzo AbeMinister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Chikage Ogi Minister of Construction 2000 Chikage Ogi Minister of State for the National Land 2000 Chikage Ogi Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 2000 Minister of Environment Shigeru Ishimoto Minister of State for Environment 1984 Mayumi Moriyama Minister of State for Environment 1989 Wakako Hironaka Minister of State for Environment 1993 Toshiko Hamayotsu Minister of State for Environment 1994 Michiko Ishii Minister of State for Environment 1996 Kayoko Shimizu Minister of State for Environment 1999 Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of State for Environment 2000 Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of Environment 2001 Yuriko Koike Minister of Environment 2003 Tamayo Marukawa Minister of Environment 2015 Shinzo AbeMinister of Defense Yuriko Koike Minister of Defense 2007 Tomomi Inada Minister of Defense 2016 Chief Cabinet SecretaryMayumi Moriyama Chief Cabinet Secretary 1989 Toshiki KaifuMinister for Reconstruction Shinako Tsuchiya Minister of ReconstructionMinister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima 2023 Kishida II (R2)Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Tomiko Okazaki Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2010 Eriko Yamatani Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2014 S. Abe II (R) and IIIMinister of State Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Food Safety 2006 Seiko Noda Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety 2008 Mizuho Fukushima Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety 2009 Sumiko Takahara Minister of State for Economic Planning 1989 Manae KubotaMinister of State for Economic Planning1993 Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Innovation 2006 Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2006 Hiroko Ota Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 2006 Renho Murata Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2010 Renho Murata Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2012 Tomomi Inada Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2012 Chieko Nono Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate 2004 Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs 2006 Yoko Kamikawa Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs 2007 Masako Mori Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate 2012 Yuko Obuchi Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality 2008 Mizuho Fukushima Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality 2009 Masako Mori Minister of State for Gender Equality 2012 Haruko Arimura Minister of State for Gender Equality 2014 Tamayo Marukawa Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games 2016, 2021 S. Abe III (R2) and Suga Seiko Hashimoto Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic GamesMinister of State for Gender Equality 2020 Suga Tamayo Marukawa Minister of State for Gender Equality 2021 Suga Noriko Horiuchi Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic GamesMinister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations 2021 Kishida I, II Karen Makishima Minister for Digital TransformationMinister in charge of Administrative ReformMinister of State for Regulatory Reform 2021 Kishida I, II Seiko Noda Minister of State for Regional RevitalizationMinister of State for Measures for Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Gender EqualityMinister in charge of Women's EmpowermentMinister in charge of Policies Related to ChildrenMinister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation 2021 Kishida I, II Ayuko Kato Minister in charge of Policies Related to ChildrenMinister in charge of Cohesive SocietyMinister in charge of Women's EmpowermentMinister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and IsolationMinister of State for Measures for Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Gender Equality 2023 Kishida II (R2) Sanae Takaichi Minister in charge of Economic SecurityMinister of State for "Cool Japan" StrategyMinister of State for Intellectual Property StrategyMinister of State for Science and Technology PolicyMinister of State for Space PolicyMinister of State for Economic Security 2022 Kishida II (R1) (R2) Hanako Jimi Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories AffairsMinister of State for Regional RevitalizationMinister of State for Regulatory ReformMinister of State for Ainu-Related PoliciesMinister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation VisionMinister for the World Expo 2025 2023 Kishida II (R2) Junko Mihara Minister of State for Policies Related to ChildrenMinister of State for Measures for Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Youth's EmpowermentMinister of State for Gender EqualityMinister in charge of Women's EmpowermentMinister in charge of Cohesive SocietyMinister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation 2024 Ishiba Kimi Onoda Minister of State for Economic SecurityMinister of State for a Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign NationalsMinister of State for "Cool Japan" StrategyMinister of State for Intellectual Property StrategyMinister of State for Science and Technology PolicyMinister of State for Space PolicyMinister of State for AI StrategyMinister of State for Economic Security 2025 Takaichi
See also Cabinet Cabinet of Japan Politics of Japan
External links List of female cabinet ministers of Japan