| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 14 April 2006 |
Emperor | AKIHITO |
Prime Minister | Junichiro KOIZUMI |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | Shinzo ABE |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries | Shoichi NAKAGAWA |
Minister of Economy, Trade, & Industry | Toshihiro NIKAI |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, & Technology | Kenji KOSAKA |
Minister of Environment & State Minister of Okinawa & Northern Territories Affairs | Yuriko KOIKE |
Minister of Finance | Sadakazu TANIGAKI |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Taro ASO |
Minister of Health, Labor, & Welfare | Jiro KAWASAKI |
Minister of Internal Affairs & Communications | Heizo TAKENAKA |
Minister of Justice | Seiken SUGIURA |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, & Transport | Kazuo KITAGAWA |
State Minister of Administrative Reform | Koki CHUMA |
State Minister of Economic & Fiscal Policy & of Financial Services | Kaoru YOSANO |
State Minister of Science & Technology Policy, of Food Safety, & of Information Technology | Iwao MATSUDA |
State Minister of Youth Affairs, of Measures for the Declining Birthrate, & of Gender Equality | Kuniko INOGUCHI |
State Minister, Japan Defense Agency | Fukushiro NUKAGA |
Chairman, National Public Safety Commission | Tetsuo KUTSUKAKE |
Governor, Bank of Japan | Toshihiko FUKUI |
Ambassador to the US | Ryozo KATO |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Kenzo OSHIMA |