The Nobuyuki Abe Cabinet on its inaugural day. Front row (l-to-r): Minister of Agriculture and Forestry concurrently serving as Minister of Commerce and Industry Takuo Godō, Prime Minister concurrently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs Nobuyuki Abe, Minister of Post and Telecommunication concurrently serving as Minister of Railways Ryūtarō Nagai. Second row (on the far right): Minister of Education Kakichi Kawarada. Third row (l-r): Minister of Navy Zengo Yoshida, Minister of Home Affairs concurrently serving as Minister of Welfare Naoshi Ohara, Minister of Finance Kazuo Aoki. Fourth row (on the far left): Chief Cabinet Secretary Ryūsaku Endō. Back row (l-r): Minister of Colonial Affairs Tsuneo Kanemitsu, Minister of Army Shunroku Hata, Minister of Justice Chōgorō Miyagi.