Takeshita Cabinet

Takeshita Cabinet

74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedNovember 6, 1987
Date dissolvedDecember 27, 1988
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government (Lower House)
300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorThird Nakasone Cabinet
SuccessorTakeshita Cabinet
(Reshuffle)

The Takeshita Cabinet is the 74th Cabinet of Japan headed by Noboru Takeshita from November 6, 1987, to June 3, 1989.[1]

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Special mission etc. Note
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita
Deputy Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa Resigned on December 9, 1988[note 1]
Minister of Justice Yukio Hayashida
Minister for Foreign Affairs Sōsuke Uno
Minister of Finance Kiichi Miyazawa Resigned on December 9, 1988[note 1]
Noboru Takeshita Concurrently serving as Prime Minister Appointed on December 9, 1988
Resigned on December 24, 1988
Tatsuo Murayama Appointed on December 24, 1988
Minister of Education Gentarō Nakajima National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member
Minister of Health Takao Fujimoto In charge of Pension issues
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takashi Satō
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hajime Tamura
Minister of Transport Shintaro Ishihara In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts Masaaki Nakayama
Minister of Labor Tarō Nakamura
Minister of Construction Ihei Ochi for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
Minister of Home Affairs
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission 		Seiroku Kajiyama
Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizō Obuchi
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Osamu Takatori
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency 		Shigeru Kasuya
Director of the Defense Agency Tsutomu Kawara Resigned on August 24, 1988[note 2]
Kichirō Tazawa Appointed on August 24, 1988
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Eiichi Nakao
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Soichiro Ito Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency Toshio Horiuchi
Director of the National Land Agency Seisuke Okuno In charge of Land Measures Resigned on May 13, 1988
Hideo Utsumi Appointed on May 13, 1988
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ichirō Ozawa for Political Affairs
Nobuo Ishihara for General Affairs
Previous office:
Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Osamu Mimura Previous office:
Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Source:[1]

Reshuffled Cabinet

Takeshita Cabinet

74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formedDecember 27, 1988
Date dissolvedJune 3, 1989
People and organisations
EmperorShōwa (until January 7, 1989)
Akihito (from January 7, 1989)
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Member party  Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislatureMajority government (Lower House)
300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorTakeshita Cabinet
SuccessorUno Cabinet

The Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 27, 1988.

Portfolio Minister Special mission etc. Note
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita
Minister of Justice Takashi Hasegawa Resigned on December 30, 1988[note 3]
Masami Takatsuji Appointed on December 30, 1988
Non-legislator
Previous office: National Public Safety Commission member
Minister for Foreign Affairs Sōsuke Uno
Minister of Finance Tatsuo Murayama
Minister of Education Takeo Nishioka National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member
Minister of Health Junichiro Koizumi In charge of Pension issues
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tsutomu Hata
Minister of International Trade and Industry Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Minister of Transport Shinji Sato In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues
Minister of Posts Seiichi Kataoka
Minister of Labor Hyōsuke Niwa
Minister of Construction Hikosaburo Okonogi Resigned on June 2, 1989[note 4]
Noboru Takeshita Acting
Concurrently serving as Prime Minister		 Appointed on June 2, 1989
Minister of Home Affairs
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission 		Shigenobu Sakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizō Obuchi
Director of the Management and Coordination Agency Saburō Kanemaru
Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency
Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency 		Chikao Sakamoto
Director of the Defense Agency Kichirō Tazawa
Director of the Economic Planning Agency Ken Harada Resigned on January 25, 1989[note 3]
Kōichirō Aino Appointed on January 25, 1989
Director of the Science and Technology Agency Moichi Miyazaki Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Environment Agency Masahisa Aoki
Director of the National Land Agency Hideo Utsumi In charge of Land Measures
for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ichirō Ozawa for Political Affairs
Nobuo Ishihara for General Affairs
Previous office:
Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Osamu Mimura Previous office:
Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
Source:[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Due to the Recruit scandal
  2. ^ Due to the JDS Nadashio maritime incident
  3. ^ a b Resigned after it was discovered that he had received political donations from Recruit (company).
  4. ^ Resigned to become chairman of the House of Representatives Steering Committee.

References

  1. ^ a b c "第74代 竹下 登｜歴代内閣". Prime Minister's Official Residence. Retrieved 8 October 2023.