# Third Satō Cabinet

The Third Satō Cabinet is the 63rd Cabinet of Japan headed by Eisaku Satō from January 14, 1970, to July 7, 1972.

## Cabinet

* Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
* Minister of Justice
** Takeji Kobayashi (Member of the House of Councilors): January 14, 1970 - February 8, 1971
** Daisuke Akita (Minister of Home Affairs): February 9–16, 1971
** Koshiro Ueki: February 17 - July 5, 1971
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Kiichi Aichi
* Minister of Finance - Takeo Fukuda
* Minister of Education - Michita Sakata
* Minister of Health and Welfare - Tsuneo Uchida
* Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Tadao Kuraishi
* Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kiichi Miyazawa
* Minister of Transport - Tomisaburo Hashimoto
* Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Ide Ichitaro
* Minister of Labor - Masakatsu Nohara
* Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Ryutaro Nemoto
* Minister of Home Affairs - Daisuke Akita
* Chief Cabinet Secretary - Shigeru Mori
* Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
* Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Director of the Administrative Management Agency - Araki Masuo
* Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency, Director of the Science and Technology Agency - Shinichi Nishida (Member of the House of Councilors)
* Director of the Defense Agency - Yasuhiro Nakasone
* Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Ichiro Sato (Member of the House of Councilors)
* Director-General of the Environment Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on July 1, 1971
** Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Toshio Kimura
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Mitsu Ishioka
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Tetsuro Minato: January 20, 1970 - July 5, 1971
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs)
*** Norio Iwakura: January 16, 1970 - January 8, 1971
*** Renpei Kuriyama: January 8 - July 5, 1971

## Reshuffled Cabinet

The Cabinet reshuffle took place on July 5, 1971.
* Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
* Minister of Justice - Shigezaburo Maeo
* Minister for Foreign Affairs - Takeo Fukuda
* Minister of Finance - Mikio Mizuta
* Minister of Education - Saburo Takami
* Minister of Health and Welfare - Noboru Saito (Member of the House of Councilors)
* Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Munetori Akagi
* Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kakuei Tanaka
* Minister of Transport - Kyoshirō Niwa
* Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Masao Hirose
* Minister of Labor
** Kensaburo Hara: July 5, 1971 - January 27, 1972
** Toshiro Tsukahara: January 28 - July 7, 1972
* Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Eiichi Nishimura
* Minister of Home Affairs, Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency - Motosaburo Watami
* Chief Cabinet Secretary - Noboru Takeshita
* Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
* Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Chief of the Administrative Management Agency - Torata Nakamura
* Director of the Defense Agency
** Keikichi Masuhara (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - August 1, 1971
** Naoki Nishimura: August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1971
** Masumi Esaki: December 6, 1971 - July 7, 1972
* Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Toshio Kimura
* Director of the Science and Technology Agency
** Wataru Hiraizumi (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - November 15, 1971
** Shiro Kiuchi (Member of the House of Councilors): November 16, 1971 - July 7, 1972
* Director of the Environment Agency - Takeichi Oishi
* Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Concurrently serving as the Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on May 15, 1972
** Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Asao Mihara
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Kinichi Koike
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Shigetami Sunada: July 9, 1971 - July 7, 1972
** Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs) - Renpei Kuriyama