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Takeshita Cabinet
Takeshita Cabinet
; 74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	December 27, 1988
Date dissolved	June 3, 1989
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa (until January 7, 1989); Akihito (from January 7, 1989)
Prime Minister	Noboru Takeshita
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House) 300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party; Kōmeitō; Democratic Socialist Party; Japanese Communist Party; ;
History
Predecessor	Takeshita Cabinet
Successor	Uno Cabinet

Takeshita Cabinet
Takeshita Cabinet
; 74th Cabinet of Japan
Date formed	November 6, 1987
Date dissolved	December 27, 1988
People and organisations
Emperor	Shōwa
Prime Minister	Noboru Takeshita
Member party	Liberal Democratic Party
Status in legislature	Majority government (Lower House) 300 / 512 (59%)
Opposition parties	Japan Socialist Party; Kōmeitō; Democratic Socialist Party; Japanese Communist Party; ;
History
Predecessor	Third Nakasone Cabinet
Successor	Takeshita 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]}
Director of the Defense Agency	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
Director of the National Land Agency	Hideo Utsumi	In charge of Land Measures	Appointed on May 13, 1988
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	Ichirō Ozawa		for Political Affairs
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	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

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]}
Minister of Justice	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]}
Minister of Construction	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]}
Director of the Economic Planning Agency	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
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary	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

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