# Fifth Yoshida Cabinet

The Fifth Yoshida Cabinet was the 51st Cabinet of Japan. It was headed by Shigeru Yoshida from May 21, 1953 to December 10, 1954.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Name | Political party | Term start | Term end |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Taketora Ogata | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Justice | Takeru Inukai | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | April 2, 1954 |
| Minister of Justice | Katō Ryōgorō | Liberal | April 2, 1954 | June 19, 1954 |
| Minister of Justice | Naoshi Ohara | Liberal | June 19, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Katsuo Okazaki | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Finance | Ogasawara Sankurō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Education | Ōdachi Shigeo | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Health | Yamagata Katsumi | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 9, 1954 |
| Minister of Health | Kusaba Ryūen | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Uchida Nobuya | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | June 22, 1953 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Shigeru Hori | Liberal | June 22, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency | Okano Kiyohide | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 9, 1954 |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry Director of the Economic Deliberation Agency | Kiichi Aichi | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Transport | Ishii Mitsujirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Posts Director of the Administrative Management Agency Director of the Autonomy Agency | Tsukada Juichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Labor | Zentarō Kosaka | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of Construction | Totsuka Kuichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | June 16, 1954 |
| Minister of Construction | Ozawa Saeki | Liberal | June 16, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Director of the National Safety Agency | Kimura Tōkutarō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | July 1, 1954 |
| Director of the Defense Agency | Kimura Tōkutarō | Liberal | July 1, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Zentarō Kosaka | Liberal | July 1, 1954 | October 1, 1954 |
| Chair of the National Public Safety Commission | Naoshi Ohara | Liberal | October 1, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Totsuka Kuichirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Ōno Banboku | Liberal | January 14, 1954 | July 27, 1954 |
| Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency | Taketora Ogata | Liberal | July 27, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of State | Andō Masazumi | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | November 24, 1953 |
| Minister of State | Ōno Banboku | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 |
| Minister of State | Ōnogi Hidejirō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of State | Katō Ryōgorō | Liberal | January 9, 1954 | April 2, 1954 |
| Minister of State | Katō Ryōgorō | Liberal | June 19, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
| Minister of State (from September 24, 1954) Chief Cabinet Secretary | Kenji Fukunaga | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau | Satō Tatsuo | Independent | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Tanaka Fuwazō | Liberal | May 21, 1953 | December 10, 1954 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Eguchi Mitoru | Independent | May 21, 1953 | June 30, 1954 |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | Taniguchi Yutaka | Independent | August 24, 1954 | December 10, 1954 |
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