The Suga cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021. 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.
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.
Election of the prime minister + 16 September 2020 House of Representatives Choice First Vote Votes Yoshihide Suga Yukio Edano Toranosuke Katayama Nariaki Nakayama Shinjiro Koizumi Abstentions/vacant Source
+ 16 September 2020 House of Councillors Choice First Vote Votes Yoshihide Suga Yukio Edano Toranosuke Katayama Takae Itō Blank Abstentions/vacant Source
Lists of ministers
R = Member of the House of Representatives C = Member of the House of Councillors B = Bureaucrat
Cabinet +Suga CabinetPortfolioMinisterTermNote Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of FinanceMinister of State for Financial ServicesMinister in charge of Overcoming Deflation Tarō Asō R December 26, 2012 – October 4, 2021 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Ryota Takeda R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Justice Yōko Kamikawa R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyMinister in charge of Education Rebuilding Koichi Hagiuda R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareMinister in charge of Working-style Reform Norihisa Tamura R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kōtarō Nogami C September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinister in charge of Industrial CompetitivenessMinister for Economic Cooperation with RussiaMinister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear AccidentMinister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation Hiroshi Kajiyama R October 25, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismMinister in charge of Water Cycle Policy Kazuyoshi Akaba R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Minister of the EnvironmentMinister of State for Nuclear Emergency PreparednessMinister in charge of climate change (since March 9, 2021) Shinjiro Koizumi R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Chief Cabinet SecretaryMinister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in OkinawaMinister in charge of the Abductions Issue Katsunobu Katō R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of ReconstructionMinister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Katsuei Hirasawa R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Chairperson of the National Public Safety CommissionMinister in charge of Building National ResilienceMinister in charge of Territorial IssuesMinister of State for Disaster ManagementMinister of State for Ocean Policy Hachiro Okonogi R September 16, 2020 – June 25, 2021 Yasufumi Tanahashi R June 25, 2021 – October 4, 2021 Minister in charge of Administrative ReformMinister in charge of Civil Service ReformMinister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories AffairsMinister of State for Regulatory ReformMinister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccination (since January 18, 2021) Tarō Kōno R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All CitizensMinister in charge of Regional RevitalizationMinister of State for Measures for Declining BirthrateMinister of State for Regional RevitalizationMinister of Loneliness (since February 12, 2021) Tetsushi Sakamoto R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal PolicyMinister in charge of Economic RevitalizationMinister in charge of Social Security Reform Yasutoshi Nishimura R September 11, 2019 – October 4, 2021 Minister for Digital Transformation Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number SystemMinister in charge of Digital TransformationMinister in charge of Information Technology Policy Takuya Hirai R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021 Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic GamesMinister in charge of Women's EmpowermentMinister of State for Gender Equality Seiko Hashimoto C September 11, 2019 – February 18, 2021 Tamayo Marukawa C February 18, 2021 – October 4, 2021 Minister in charge of the Osaka World ExpoMinister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food SafetyMinister of State for "Cool Japan" StrategyMinister of State for the Intellectual StrategyMinister of State for Science and Technology PolicyMinister of State for Space Policy Shinji Inoue R September 16, 2020 – October 4, 2021
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau +Suga Deputy CabinetPortfolioDeputy MinisterTermNoteDeputy 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 MinisterPortfolioAdviserTermNote 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
References
External links List of Ministers September 2020 – October 2021