April 26, 2001

Prime Minister
Koizumi, Junichiro (59) (LDP)
Ten-term member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa-11; Health and Welfare Minister (three times under the second Hashimoto, Uno, and Takeshita Cabinets); Posts and Telecommunications Minister; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
Keio University

Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister
Katayama, Toranosuke (65) (LDP)
Two-term member of the House of Councillors (from Okayama); Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister; Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance; Vice Governor of Okayama Prefecture
University of Tokyo

Justice Minister
Moriyama, Mayumi (Ms) (73) (LDP)
Two-term member of the House of Representatives (proportional representation, Kita-Kanto block) and three-term member of the House of Councillors from Tochigi; Education Minister; Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister); Director-General, Environment Agency (State Minister); Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs; State Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Director-General, Women and Youth Bureau, Labor Ministry
University of Tokyo

Foreign Minister
Kawaguchi, Yoriko (Ms) (60)
Environment Minister; Managing Director, Suntory Ltd.; Councillor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Minister, Japanese Embassy in the U.S.A.; Director-General, Economic Cooperation Department, International Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
University of Tokyo

Ms. Kawaguchi succeeded Ms. Makiko Tanaka upon the latter's resignation on January 30, 2002.

Tanaka, Makiko (Ms) (57) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Representatives from Niigata-5; Chairman, LDP Special Committee on the Aged; Director, House of Representatives Committee on Health and Welfare; Director-General, Science and Technology Agency (State Minister)
Waseda University

Finance Minister
Shiokawa, Masajuro (79) (LDP)
Eleven-term member of the House of Representatives from Osaka-13; Chairman, LDP General Assembly of Party Members of the House of Representatives; Chairman, LDP General Council; Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister); Home Affairs Minister; Education Minister; Transport Minister
Keio University

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister
Toyama, Atsuko (Ms) (62) *
President, Independent Administrative Institution, National Museum of Art; Director-General, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Japanese Ambassador to Turkey; Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs
University of Tokyo

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister
Sakaguchi, Chikara (67) (New Komeito)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives (proportional representation, Tokai block); Health, Labor and Welfare Minister; Director, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs; Labor Minister; Director, House of Representatives Committtee on Finance; President, Mie Blood Center; Doctor of Medicine
Mie University

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister
Takebe, Tsutomu (59) (LDP)*
Twelve-term member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido-12; Deputy Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee; Director, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Transport; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Hokkaido Development Agency
Waseda University

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister
Hiranuma, Takeo (61) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Okayama-3; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister; Member, House of Representatives Research Commission on the Constitution; Chairman, LDP Committee on Political Reform of Political System Reform Headquarters; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration; Transport Minister; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
Keio University

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister
Ogi, Chikage (Ms) (67) (real name Hayashi, Hiroko)
(New Conservative Party) Four-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister; Member, House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science; Vice President, Liberal Party; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Science and Technology
Kobe High School

Environment Minister
Oki, Hiroshi (74) (LDP)
One-term member of the House of Representatives from Aichi-8; Three-term member of the House of Councillors; Director-General, Environment Agency (State Minister); Director-General, LDP International Bureau; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry; Consul General, Consulate General of Japan at Honolulu
Tokyo University

Mr. Oki succeeded Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi upon the latter's appointment as new Foreign Minister on February 1, 2002.

Kawaguchi, Yoriko (Ms) (60)
Environment Minister; Managing Director, Suntory Ltd.; Councillor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Minister, Japanese Embassy in the U.S.A.; Director-General, Economic Cooperation Department, International Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
University of Tokyo

Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister)
Fukuda, Yasuo (64) (LDP)
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Gunma-4; Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister); Director-General, LDP Treasury Bureau; Chairman, LDP Finance Committee; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Waseda University

Chairman, National Public Safety Commission (State Minister) , and State Minister for National Disaster Prevention
Murai, Jin (64) (LDP)*
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Nagano-2; State Secretary, Cabinet Office; Senior State Secretary, Financial Reconstruction Commission; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
University of Tokyo

Director General, Defense Agency (State Minister)
Nakatani, Gen (43) (LDP)*
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Kochi-2; Senior Director, House of Representatives Committee on Security; Member, Research Commission on the Constitution; Member, LDP General Council; Senior State Secretary for Home Affairs
National Defense Academy

State Minister in charge of Science and Technology Policy and Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Omi, Koji (68) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives (proportional representation, Kita-Kanto block); LDP Acting Secretary General; Director, LDP Interest Group Policy Division; Director-General, LDP Election Bureau; Director-General, Economic Planning Agency (State Minister); Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
Hitotsubashi University

Financial Services Minister
Yanagisawa, Hakuo (65) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Shizuoka-3; State Minister in charge of Financial Services; State Minister in charge of Financial System Stabilization; Director-General, National Land Agency (State Minister); Secretary-General, Administrative Reform Committee under Hashimoto Cabinet; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs; Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in New York
University of Tokyo

State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology
Takenaka, Heizo (Dr) (50) *
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio Univeristy; Member, Economic Strategy Council (advisory council established by late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi); Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvard University; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Osaka University; Chief Researcher, Financial Research Institute, Finance Ministry; Japan Development Bank
Hitotsubashi University

State Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Ishihara, Nobuteru (44) (LDP)*
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo-8; Director, House of Representatives Special Committee on Financial Stabilization; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry; political reporter, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
Keio University