The First Ishiba cabinet was the 102nd Cabinet of Japan, formed by Shigeru Ishiba on 1 October 2024, following the resignation of Fumio Kishida after the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election on 27 September 2024. It has 20 members, including two women. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito who controlled both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
After just 41 days it was replaced by the Second Ishiba cabinet following the 2024 election, making it the second shortest-serving cabinet in Japanese history, after the First Kishida cabinet.
Election of the prime minister House of Representatives + 1 October 2024214th Special National Diet Choice Party Votes Shigeru Ishiba Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party Nobuyuki Baba Nippon Ishin no Kai Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party for the People Shuji Kira Independent(Yūshi no Kai) Tarō Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi Source House of Councillors
+ 1 October 2024214th Special National Diet Choice Party Votes Shigeru Ishiba Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihiko Noda Constitutional Democratic Party Nobuyuki Baba Nippon Ishin no Kai Yuichiro Tamaki Democratic Party For the People Tomoko Tamura Japanese Communist Party Tarō Yamamoto Reiwa Shinsengumi Yōichi Iha Independent Takae Itō Democratic Party For the People Sohei Kamiya Sanseitō Toshimitsu Motegi Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi Liberal Democratic Party Source
Cabinet + Parties Liberal Democratic Komeito + Member of the House of Representatives Member of the House of Councillors
Ministers Citation of this table: List of Ishiba Cabinet Members Portfolio Portrait Minister Took office Left office NoteCabinet ministers Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Seiichiro Murakami R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 Minister of Justice Hideki Makihara R↓N 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 Minister of FinanceMinister of State for Financial ServicesMinister in charge of Overcoming Deflation Katsunobu Katō R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Toshiko Abe R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Takamaro Fukuoka C 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yasuhiro Ozato R↓N 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation Yoji Muto R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismMinister in charge of Water Cycle PolicyMinister for the World Horticultural Exhibition Yokohama 2027 Tetsuo Saito R 4 October 2021 11 November 2024 Minister of the EnvironmentMinister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Keiichiro Asao C 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of DefenseGen Nakatani R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi R 14 December 2023 11 November 2024Minister for Digital TransformationMinister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal ReformsMinister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation VisionMinister in charge of Administrative ReformMinister in charge of Civil Service ReformMinister of State for Regulatory Reform Masaaki Taira R 1 October 2024 11 November 2024 First cabinet appointmentMinister of ReconstructionMinister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at FukushimaTadahiko ItoR1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointmentChairman of the National Public Safety CommissionMinister in charge of Building National ResilienceMinister in charge of Territorial IssuesMinister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean PolicyManabu SakaiR1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointment 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 IsolationJunko MiharaC1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointmentMinister in charge of Economic RevitalizationMinister in charge of New CapitalismMinister in charge of StartupsMinister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis ManagementMinister in charge of Social Security ReformMinister of State for Economic and Fiscal PolicyRyosei AkazawaR1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointmentMinister 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 SecurityMinoru KiuchiR1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointment Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories AffairsMinister for Consumer Affairs and Food SafetyMinister of State for Regional RevitalizationMinister of State for Ainu-Related PoliciesMinister for the World Expo 2025Yoshitaka ItōR1 October 202411 November 2024 First cabinet appointment
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau +Portfolio PortraitDeputy MinisterTook officeLeft officePrevious officeDeputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichiro Tachibana R 1 October 2024 Incumbent Kazuhiko Aoki C 1 October 2024 Incumbent Fumitoshi Satō B 1 October 2024 Incumbent Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Nobuyuki Iwao B 27 August 2024 Incumbent Public Prosecutors Office
Special Advisors to the Prime Minister
+Portfolio PortraitAdvisorTook officeLeft officePrevious office Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for important national security policies and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues Akihisa Nagashima R 1 October 2024 Incumbent Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for social infrastructure development such as national resilience and reconstruction, science and technology innovation policy and other special assignments Masafumi Mori B 1 January 2022 Incumbent Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for wages and employment Wakako Yata B 15 September 2023 IncumbentMember of the House of Councillors belonged to the Democratic Party for the People
State ministers
PortfolioState MinisterTook officeLeft officeConcurrent postState Minister for Digital TransformationAkimasa IshikawaR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet OfficeState Minister for ReconstructionHirohisa TakagiR15 September 202313 November 2024Keiichi KoshimizuR3 October 2024IncumbentShigeru DōkoC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet OfficeState Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismState Minister of Cabinet OfficeAkimasa IshikawaR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister for Digital TransformationTatsunori IbayashiR15 September 202313 November 2024Shōzō KudōR15 September 202313 November 2024Atsushi KogaR14 December 202313 November 2024Kazuchika IwataR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryRyōsuke KōzukiC14 December 202313 November 2024State Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryShigeru DōkoC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister for ReconstructionState Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismMotome TakisawaC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of the EnvironmentMakoto OnikiR14 December 202313 November 2024State Minister of DefenseState Minister for Internal Affairs and CommunicationsKōichi WatanabeR15 September 202313 November 2024Seishi BabaC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of JusticeHiroaki KadoyamaR31 October 202313 November 2024State Minister for Foreign AffairsKiyoto TsujiR15 September 202313 November 2024Yoshifumi TsugeC14 December 202313 November 2024State Minister of FinanceHiroaki SaitōR3 October 2024IncumbentShinichi YokoyamaC3 October 2024IncumbentState Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyArata TakebeR3 October 2024IncumbentSōichiro ImaedaR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Health, Labour and WelfareYoko WanibuchiR3 October 2024IncumbentMasahisa MiyazakiR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesNorikazu SuzukiR15 September 202313 November 2024Nobuhide TakemuraR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryKazuchika IwataR15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet OfficeRyōsuke KōzukiC14 December 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet OfficeState Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismKōnosuke KokubaR15 September 202313 November 2024Shigeru DōkoC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister for ReconstructionState Minister of Cabinet OfficeState Minister of the EnvironmentTetsuya YagiR15 September 202313 November 2024Motome TakisawaC15 September 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet OfficeState Minister of DefenseMakoto OnikiR14 December 202313 November 2024State Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary vice-ministers