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Abe Cabinet (Formed December 26, 2012)

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Akihiro Ota

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Akihiro Ota

Date of birth: Oct. 6, 1945

Party: New Komeito

Electoral district: Lower House; Tokyo No. 12 (sixth term)

Ota, an Aichi native, was first elected to the Lower House in 1993. He became president of New Komeito — the LDP's junior coalition partner — in 2006, replacing Takenori Kanzaki.

In the 2009 general election, New Komeito suffered a major defeat along with the LDP, losing power to the DPJ. Ota himself lost his Diet seat, giving the party no choice but to appoint Natsuo Yamaguchi as party leader.

After earning a master's in engineering at Kyoto University, Ota worked for Komei Shimbun, New Komeito's newspaper, for a year and a half.

Since becoming a politician in 1993, he has pushed for reinforcing the quake-resistance of elementary and junior high schools. He also backs further development in Tokyo's Kita and Adachi wards, his poll district.


 

PRIME MINISTER Shinzo Abe

PRIME MINISTER

Shinzo Abe

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; FINANCE MINISTER Taro Aso

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; FINANCE MINISTER

Taro Aso

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Yoshitaka Shindo

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Yoshitaka Shindo

JUSTICE MINISTER Sadakazu Tanigaki

JUSTICE MINISTER

Sadakazu Tanigaki

FOREIGN MINISTER Fumio Kishida

FOREIGN MINISTER

Fumio Kishida

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Hakubun Shimomura

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Hakubun Shimomura

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Norihisa Tamura

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Norihisa Tamura

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Yoshimasa Hayashi

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Yoshimasa Hayashi

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Toshimitsu Motegi

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Toshimitsu Motegi

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT PREVENTION Nobuteru Ishihara

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Nobuteru Ishihara

DEFENSE MINISTER Itsunori Onodera

DEFENSE MINISTER

Itsunori Onodera

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yoshihide Suga

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yoshihide Suga

POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER Takumi Nemoto

POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER

Takumi Nemoto

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Keiji Furuya

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Keiji Furuya

STATE MINISTER, OKINAWA AND AFFAIRS RELATED TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES Ichita Yamamoto

STATE MINISTER, OKINAWA AND AFFAIRS RELATED TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES

Ichita Yamamoto

STATE MINISTER, DECLINING BIRTHRATE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS Masako Mori

STATE MINISTER, DECLINING BIRTHRATE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Masako Mori

STATE MINISTER, ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION Akira Amari

STATE MINISTER, ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION

Akira Amari

STATE MINISTER, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS Tomomi Inada

STATE MINISTER, ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS

Tomomi Inada