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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Banri Kaieda

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

Date of birth: Feb. 26, 1949

Party: Democratic Party of Japan

Electoral district: Lower House; Tokyo No. 1 (fifth term)

The state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy since September, Kaieda stays on but now heads METI.

A former economist, Kaieda, like Kan, supports Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, despite internal disagreement over the free-trade accord.

Kaieda entered national politics in 1993 with Japan New Party, led by Morihiro Hosokawa. In 1996, he joined the first DPJ formed by Yukio Hatoyama and Kan. However, Kaieda supported party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa for DPJ president in September.

Kaieda lost his Lower House seat in 2005 but returned by beating Kaoru Yosano, who is taking over his previous Cabinet post. A Keio University graduate, Kaieda is knowledgeable in Chinese poetry.


*Appointed to take over duties of Akihiro Ohata Jan. 14, 2011.

 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

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 FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Yoshihiro Katayama

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Yoshihiro Katayama

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 LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Akihiro Ohata

JUSTICE MINISTER and ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Satsuki Eda

JUSTICE MINISTER and ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Satsuki Eda

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY and STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Yukio Edano

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY and STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Yukio Edano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kansei Nakano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kansei Nakano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Kaoru Yosano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Kaoru Yosano

FOREIGN MINISTER Takeaki Matsumoto

FOREIGN MINISTER

Takeaki Matsumoto

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CRISIS and STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND FOOD-SAFETY Goshi Hosono

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CRISIS and STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND FOOD-SAFETY

Goshi Hosono

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF RECONSTRUCTING AREAS RAVAGED BY THE MARCH 11 QUAKE AND TSUNAMI and STATE MINISTER FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT Tatsuo Hirano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF RECONSTRUCTING AREAS RAVAGED BY THE MARCH 11 QUAKE AND TSUNAMI and STATE MINISTER FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Tatsuo Hirano