| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 23 December 2009 |
Emperor | AKIHITO |
Prime Minister | Yukio HATOYAMA |
Deputy Prime Minister | Naoto KAN |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | Hirofumi HIRANO |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries | Hirotaka AKAMATSU |
Minister of Defense | Toshimi KITAZAWA |
Minister of Economy, Trade, & Industry | Masayuki NAOSHIMA |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, & Technology | Tatsuo KAWABATA |
Minister of Environment | Sakihito OZAWA |
Minister of Finance | Hirohisa FUJII |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Katsuya OKADA |
Minister of Health, Labor, & Welfare | Akira NAGATSUMA |
Minister of Internal Affairs & Communications | Kazuhiro HARAGUCHI |
Minister of Justice | Keiko CHIBA |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, & Transport | Seiji MAEHARA |
State Minister for the Abduction Issue | Hiroshi NAKAI |
State Minister for Administrative Reform | Yoshito SENGOKU |
State Minister for Civil Service Reform | Yoshito SENGOKU |
State Minister for Consumer Affairs & Food Safety, Social Affairs, & Gender Equality | Mizuho FUKUSHIMA |
State Minister for Economic & Fiscal Policy & Science & Technology Policy | Naoto KAN |
State Minister for Financial Services | Shizuka KAMEI |
State Minister for National Strategy | Naoto KAN |
State Minister for Okinawa & Northern Territories Affairs & Disaster Prevention | Seiji MAEHARA |
State Minister for Pension Reform | Akira NAGATSUMA |
State Minister for Postal Reform | Shizuka KAMEI |
State Minister for Promotion of Regional Sovereignty | Kazuhiro HARAGUCHI |
Chairman, National Commission on Public Safety | Hiroshi NAKAI |
Governor, Bank of Japan | Masaaki SHIRAKAWA |
Ambassador to the US | Ichiro FUJISAKI |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Yukio TAKASU |