# Takeshita Cabinet

The Takeshita Cabinet is the 74th Cabinet of Japan headed by Noboru Takeshita from November 6, 1987, to June 3, 1989.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Special mission etc. | Note |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita | | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa | | Resigned on December 9, 1988 |
| Minister of Justice | Yukio Hayashida | | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Sōsuke Uno | | |
| Minister of Finance | Kiichi Miyazawa | | Resigned on December 9, 1988 |
| Minister of Finance | Noboru Takeshita | Concurrently serving as Prime Minister | Appointed on December 9, 1988 Resigned on December 24, 1988 |
| Minister of Finance | Tatsuo Murayama | | Appointed on December 24, 1988 |
| Minister of Education | Gentarō Nakajima | National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member | |
| Minister of Health | Takao Fujimoto | In charge of Pension issues | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Takashi Satō | | |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Hajime Tamura | | |
| Minister of Transport | Shintaro Ishihara | In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues | |
| Minister of Posts | Masaaki Nakayama | | |
| Minister of Labor | Tarō Nakamura | | |
| Minister of Construction | Ihei Ochi | for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition | |
| Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Seiroku Kajiyama | | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Keizō Obuchi | | |
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | Osamu Takatori | | |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency | Shigeru Kasuya | | |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Tsutomu Kawara | | Resigned on August 24, 1988 |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Kichirō Tazawa | | Appointed on August 24, 1988 |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | Eiichi Nakao | | |
| Director of the Science and Technology Agency | Soichiro Ito | Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission | |
| Director of the Environment Agency | Toshio Horiuchi | | |
| Director of the National Land Agency | Seisuke Okuno | In charge of Land Measures | Resigned on May 13, 1988 |
| Director of the National Land Agency | Hideo Utsumi | In charge of Land Measures | Appointed on May 13, 1988 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ichirō Ozawa | | for Political Affairs |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Nobuo Ishihara | | for General Affairs Previous office: Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Osamu Mimura | | Previous office: Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office |
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## Reshuffled Cabinet

The Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 27, 1988.
| Portfolio | Minister | Special mission etc. | Note |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita | | |
| Minister of Justice | Takashi Hasegawa | | Resigned on December 30, 1988 |
| Minister of Justice | Masami Takatsuji | | Appointed on December 30, 1988 Non-legislator Previous office: National Public Safety Commission member |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Sōsuke Uno | | |
| Minister of Finance | Tatsuo Murayama | | |
| Minister of Education | Takeo Nishioka | National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member | |
| Minister of Health | Junichiro Koizumi | In charge of Pension issues | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Tsutomu Hata | | |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka | | |
| Minister of Transport | Shinji Sato | In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues | |
| Minister of Posts | Seiichi Kataoka | | |
| Minister of Labor | Hyōsuke Niwa | | |
| Minister of Construction | Hikosaburo Okonogi | | Resigned on June 2, 1989 |
| Minister of Construction | Noboru Takeshita | Acting Concurrently serving as Prime Minister | Appointed on June 2, 1989 |
| Minister of Home Affairs Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Shigenobu Sakano | | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Keizō Obuchi | | |
| Director of the Management and Coordination Agency | Saburō Kanemaru | | |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency | Chikao Sakamoto | | |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Kichirō Tazawa | | |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | Ken Harada | | Resigned on January 25, 1989 |
| Director of the Economic Planning Agency | Kōichirō Aino | | Appointed on January 25, 1989 |
| Director of the Science and Technology Agency | Moichi Miyazaki | Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission | |
| Director of the Environment Agency | Masahisa Aoki | | |
| Director of the National Land Agency | Hideo Utsumi | In charge of Land Measures for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition | |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ichirō Ozawa | | for Political Affairs |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Nobuo Ishihara | | for General Affairs Previous office: Administrative Vice-Minister of Home Affairs |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Osamu Mimura | | Previous office: Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office |
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