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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Sakihito Ozawa

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Sakihito Ozawa

Date of birth: May 31, 1954

Party: Democratic Party of Japan

Electoral district: Lower House; Yamanashi No. 1 (sixth term)

Ozawa took his first Cabinet post last year as environment minister. One of his achievements was to have Hatoyama pledge that Japan reduce global warming gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, despite strong opposition from industry.

Ozawa has held executive positions in the DPJ, including vice secretary general and minister of economy, trade and industry in the party's unofficial "Next Cabinet."

He joined the old DPJ, precursor of the current DPJ, in 1996 after he was first elected to the Lower House on the Japan New Party ticket in 1993.

Before entering politics, he worked at the Bank of Tokyo, now part of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and later headed the secretariat of the LDP Diet members' policymaking group for 10 years, specializing in economic policy.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Kazuhiro Haraguchi

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Kazuhiro Haraguchi

JUSTICE MINISTER Keiko Chiba

JUSTICE MINISTER

Keiko Chiba

FOREIGN MINISTER Katsuya Okada

FOREIGN MINISTER

Katsuya Okada

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE Akira Nagatsuma

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE

Akira Nagatsuma

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Masahiko Yamada

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Masahiko Yamada

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Masayuki Naoshima

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Masayuki Naoshima

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Seiji Maehara

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Seiji Maehara

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yoshito Sengoku

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yoshito Sengoku

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Hiroshi Nakai

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Hiroshi Nakai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shizuka Kamei

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shizuka Kamei

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY Satoshi Arai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY

Satoshi Arai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND DECLINING BIRTHRATE Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND DECLINING BIRTHRATE

Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho