November 19, 2003

Prime Minister
Koizumi, Junichiro (61) (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 January 8, 1942

Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister
Aso, Taro (63) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Fukuoka-8; State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council; State Minister for Economic Planning; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
Gakushuin University
Born September 20, 1940

Justice Minister
Nozawa, Daizo (70) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Chairman, House of Councillors Research Commission on the Constitution; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Audit; Director-General, LDP International Bureau; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs
University of Tokyo
Born May 6, 1933

Foreign Minister
Kawaguchi, Yoriko (Ms) (62)
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 January 14, 1941

Finance Minister
Tanigaki, Sadakazu (58) (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 March 7, 1945

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister
Kawamura, Takeo (61) (LDP)
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Yamaguchi-3; Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; LDP Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee
Keio University
Born November 10, 1942

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister
Sakaguchi, Chikara (69) (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 April 1, 1934

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Kamei, Yoshiyuki (67) (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 April 30, 1936

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister
Nakagawa, Shoichi (50) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido-11; Chairman, LDP Public Relations Headquarters; Chairman, LDP Special Committee on Trade in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Products; Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Minister; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Communications
University of Tokyo
Born July 19, 1953

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister
Ishihara, Nobuteru (46) (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 April 19, 1957

Environment Minister
Koike, Yuriko (Ms) (51) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Representatives from Hyogo-6; State Secretary for Economic Planning, Economic Planning Agency; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology
Cairo University
Born July 15, 1952

Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister) and State Minister for Gender Equality
Hosoda, Hiroyuki (60) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Shimane-1; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; State Minister in charge of Science and Technology Policy and Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs; Director-General, LDP Election Bureau; LDP Deputy Secretary-General
University of Tokyo
Born April 5, 1944

Mr. Hosoda succeeded Mr. Yasuo Fukuda upon the latter's resignation on May 7, 2003.

Fukuda, Yasuo (67) (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 July 16, 1936

Chairman, National Public Safety Commission (State Minister) and State Minister for Cultivation of Youth and Measures for Decreasing Birthrate, and Food Safety
Ono, Kiyoko (Ms) (67) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Chairman, House of Councillors Research Committee on Society of Cooperative Way of Life; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science
Tokyo University of Education (presently, University of Tsukuba)
Born February 4, 1936

Director General, Defense Agency (State Minister)
Ishiba, Shigeru (46) (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 February 4, 1957

State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Protection of Personal Information, Science and Technology Policy, and Information Technology
Motegi, Toshimitsu (48) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Representatives from Tochigi-5; Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs; Member, LDP General Council; Acting Director, LDP Foreign Affairs Division; Member, House of Representatives Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
University of Tokyo
Harvard University (Graduate School)
Born October 7, 1955

State Minister for Financial Services and Economic and Fiscal Policy
Takenaka, Heizo (Dr) (52)
State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology; Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University; Member, Economic Strategy Council (advisory council established by the 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 March 3, 1951

State Minister for Regulatory Reform, Industrial Revitalization Corporation, Administrative Reform, Special Zones for Structural Reform
Kaneko, Kazuyoshi (60) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Gifu-4; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health and Welfare; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Construction
Keio University
Born December 20, 1942

State Minister for Disaster Management and National Emergency Legislation
Inoue, Kiichi (71) (New Conservative Party)*
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Hyogo-4; Chairman, New Conservative Party Policy Affairs Council; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
University of Tokyo
Born May 24, 1932

* Note: On November 21, the New Conservative Party merges into the Liberal Democratic Party.