Foreign Press Center/Japan

September 21, 2005

On September 21, 2005, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi formed his third Cabinet, a coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito, with no changes. The profiles of the third Koizumi Cabinet members, the same as the second, are as follows:

Prime Minister
Koizumi, Junichiro (63) (LDP)
Twelve-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 (65) (LDP)
Nine-term member of the House of Representatives from Fukuoka-8; Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Minister; 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
Noono, Chieko (Ms) (69) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Justice Minister; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Director, LDP Women's Affairs Division; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Labour
Nursing School, Kagoshima University Hospital
Born November 14, 1935

Foreign Minister
Machimura, Nobutaka (60)(LDP)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido-5; Foreign Minister; LDP Director-General, Election Bureau; Education, Culture, Sports and Technology Minister; Education, Science and Culture Minister; LDP Deputy Secretary-General, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Education, Science and Culture
University of Tokyo
Born October 17, 1944

Finance Minister
Tanigaki, Sadakazu (60) (LDP)
Nine-term member of the House of Representatives from Kyoto-5; Finance Minister; 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
Nakayama, Nariaki (62) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Miyazaki-1; Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Science and Culture
University of Tokyo
Born June 7, 1943

Health, Labour and Welfare Minister
Otsuji, Hidehisa (64)(LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation);
Health, Labour and Welfare Minister; Senior Vice Minister of Finance; Chairman, Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Management and Coordination Agency
University of Tokyo
Born October 2, 1940

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister
Iwanaga, Mineichi (64) (LDP)
Four -term member of the House of Representatives from Shiga-4;
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister; Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications; Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: Chairman of the Shiga Prefectural Assembly
Chuo University
Born September 5, 1941

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister
Nakagawa, Shoichi (52) (LDP)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido-11; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister; 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
Kitagawa, Kazuo (52) (New Komeito)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Osaka-16; Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister; Chairman, New Komeito Policy Research Council; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Parliamentary Vice Minister of Finance
Soka University
Born March 2, 1953

Environment Minister and State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Terrirories Affairs
Koike, Yuriko (Ms) (53) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo-10; Environment Minister and State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs; Environment Minister; 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 and State Minister for Gender Equality
Hosoda, Hiroyuki (61) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Shimane-1; Chief Cabinet Secretary and State Minister for Gender Equality; 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

National Public Safety Commission Chairman and State Minister for Disaster Management and National Emergency Legislation
Murata, Yoshitaka (61) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Okayama-5; National Public Safety Commission Chairman and State Minister for Disaster Management and National Emergency Legislation ; Chairman, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry; Parliamentary Secretary of Monetary Affairs Agency; LDP Deputy Secretary-General
Kyoto University
Born July 30, 1944

State Minister for Defense
Ohno, Yoshinori (69) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Kagawa-3; State Minister for Defense; Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; LDP Deputy Secretary-General
University of Tokyo
Born October 16, 1935

State Minister for Financial Services
Ito, Tatsuya (44) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo-22; State Minister for Financial Services ; Se nior Vice-Minister for Financial Services; Senior Director, House of Representatives Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry; Secretary, LDP Administration Reform Promotion Headquarters
Keio University
Born July 6, 1961
State Minister for Fiscal Policy and Privatization of the Postal Services

Takenaka, Heizo (54)(LDP)
One-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); State Minister for Fiscal Policy and Privatization of the Postal Services ; State Minister for Financial Services and Economic and Fiscal Policy; 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);
Hitotsubashi University
Born March 3, 1951

State Minister for Regulatory Reform, Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, Administrative Reform, Special Zones for Structural Reform, and Regional Revitalization
Murakami, Seiichiro (53) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Ehime-2; State Minister for Regulatory Reform, Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, Administrative Reform, Special Zones for Structural Reform, and Regional Revitalization ; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Senior Vice-Minister of Finance; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
University of Tokyo
Born May 11, 1952

State Minister for Science and Technology Policy, Food Safety, and Information Technology
Tanahashi, Yasufumi (42) (LDP)
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Gifu-2; State Minister for Science and Technology Policy, Food Safety, and Information Technology; Director, LDP Youth Division; Member of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, Attorney-at-law
University of Tokyo
Born February 11, 1963