September 30, 2002

Prime Minister
Koizumi, Junichiro (60) (LDP)
Ten-term member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa-11; Prime Minister; 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
Born on January 8, 1942

Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister
Katayama, Toranosuke (67) (LDP)
Three-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
Born on August 2, 1935

Justice Minister
Moriyama, Mayumi (Ms) (74) (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; Justice Minister; 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
Born on November 7, 1927

Foreign Minister
Kawaguchi, Yoriko (Ms) (61)
Foreign Minister; 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
Born on January 14, 1941

Finance Minister
Shiokawa, Masajuro (80) (LDP)
Eleven-term member of the House of Representatives from Osaka-13; Finance Minister; 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
Born on October 13, 1921

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister
Toyama, Atsuko (Ms) (63)
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister; 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
Born on December 10, 1938

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister
Sakaguchi, Chikara (68) (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
Born on April 1, 1934

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Kamei, Yoshiyuki (66) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa-16; Director-General, LDP Treasury Bureau; Chairman, LDP Political Reform Headquarters; Transport Minister; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Transport
Keio University
Born on April 30, 1936

Mr. Kamei succeeded Mr. Tadamori Oshima upon the latter's resignation on March 31, 2003.

Oshima, Tadamori (56) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Aomori-3; Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration; Director-General, Environment Agency (State Minister); Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Keio University
Born on September 6, 1946

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister
Hiranuma, Takeo (63) (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
Born on August 3, 1939

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister
Ogi, Chikage (Ms) (69) (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
Born on May 10, 1933

Environment Minister
Suzuki, Shunichi (49) (LDP)*
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Iwate-2; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health and Welfare
Waseda University
Born on April 13, 1953

Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister)
Fukuda, Yasuo (66) (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
Born on July 16, 1936

Chairman, National Public Safety Commission (State Minister) and State Minister for Food Safety
Tanigaki, Sadakazu (57) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Kyoto-5; Chairman, Financial Reconstruction Commission (State Minister); Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance; Director-General, Science and Technology Agency (State Minister); Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration
University of Tokyo
Born on March 7, 1945

Director General, Defense Agency (State Minister)
Ishiba, Shigeru (45) (LDP)*
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Tottori-1; Senior Vice Minister for Defense; Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Transport; Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Deregulation
Keio University
Born on February 4, 1957

State Minister in charge of Science and Technology Policy and Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Hosoda, Hiroyuki (58) (LDP)*
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Shimane-1; Director-General, LDP Election Bureau; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Senior Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry; Director, LDP Foreign Affairs Division; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economic Planning
University of Tokyo
Born on April 5, 1944

Financial Services Minister, State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology
Takenaka, Heizo (Dr) (51)
State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology; 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
Born on March 3, 1951

State Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Ishihara, Nobuteru (44) (LDP)
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo-8; State Minister in charge of Administrative Reform; 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
Born on April 19, 1957

State Minister for Natural Disaster Prevention and State Minister Special Regulatory Reform Zones
Konoike, Yoshitada (61) (LDP)*
Two-term member of the House of Representatives and two-term member of the House of Councillors from Hyogo; Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Chairman, House of Councillors Special Committee on the National Flag and Anthem; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Construction
Waseda University
Born on November 28, 1940