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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Yoshihiro Katayama

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Yoshihiro Katayama

Date of birth: July 29, 1951

Nonpolitician

Katayama was known as a leading reformist governor during his two terms in Tottori Prefecture from 1999 to 2007. He promoted an open government and reduced public works while increasing the number of company startups in his prefecture.

Despite his background as a bureaucrat in the old Home Affairs Ministry, Katayama has been a vocal critic of central government bureaucracy. On one occasion he even called the National Governor's Association a "typical entity accepting 'amakudari'" — the parachuting of retired bureaucrats into cushy jobs.

A graduate of the University of Tokyo and now a professor of local administration at Keio University, Katayama is a member of the Government Revitalization Unit, which seeks to to cut or streamline spending on various projects.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

FOREIGN MINISTER Seiji Maehara

FOREIGN MINISTER

Seiji Maehara

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY

Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM

Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Yoshiaki Takaki

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Yoshiaki Takaki

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE

Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Sumio Mabuchi

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Sumio Mabuchi

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Ryu Matsumoto

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Ryu Matsumoto

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRWOMAN Tomiko Okazaki

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRWOMAN

Tomiko Okazaki

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Banri Kaieda

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Banri Kaieda