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Cabinet of Japan

  • Japanese: 内閣

Governs Japan

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  • Executive power

    Executive power is vested in the Cabinet, which is collectively responsible to the Diet (Constitution Art. 65, 66(3)).

  • Administration of the State

    The Cabinet administers the law, conducts foreign affairs, concludes treaties, manages the civil service, prepares the budget and issues Cabinet orders (Art. 73).

  • Advice and approval for acts of the Emperor

    All acts of the Emperor in matters of state require the advice and approval of the Cabinet, which takes responsibility for them (Art. 3, 7).

  • Appointment of the judiciary

    The Cabinet designates the Chief Justice and appoints the other Justices of the Supreme Court, and appoints judges of the lower courts from a list nominated by the Supreme Court (Art. 6(2), 79(1), 80(1)).

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  • japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan (Chapters I, IV, V, VI), read 2026-10-12: existence, composition and role of the Monarchy, Diet, House of Representatives, House of Councillors, Cabinet and Supreme Court. English names follow the bodies' own English sites (shugiin.go.jp, sangiin.go.jp, japan.kantei.go.jp, courts.go.jp). For: Cabinet of Japan
  • shugiin.go.jp · checked Official Japanese names from the National Diet, Cabinet, Courts and party sites (shugiin.go.jp, sangiin.go.jp, kantei.go.jp, courts.go.jp), read 2026-10-12: Japanese official names of authorities, offices and parties. For: Cabinet of Japan in Japanese
  • japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan, read 2026-10-12: powers with article numbers as cited in each description. For: Executive power, Administration of the State, Advice and approval for acts of the Emperor, Appointment of the judiciary
  • japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan, read 2026-10-12 (Art. 2, 6, 7, 45, 46, 58, 66-68, 79); seat counts 465 and 248 and the electoral systems from the Public Offices Election Act as summarised on the Diet sites (shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm, sangiin.go.jp/eng/). Cabinet offices: Prime Minister's Office, List of Ministers, 105th cabinet reshuffled 2026-09-17 (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html). For: Prime Minister, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Minister of Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and 14 more
  • japan.kantei.go.jp · checked Prime Minister's Office of Japan, List of Ministers, The Takaichi Reshuffled Cabinet (inaugurated 2026-09-17), read 2026-10-12: holder and primary portfolio confirmed; holders kept from the cabinet of 2026-02-18 cross-checked against japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo_a/daijin/index.html. For: Sanae Takaichi as Prime Minister, Hisayuki Fujii as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Takashi Yamashita as Minister of Justice, Toshimitsu Motegi as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Satsuki Katayama as Minister of Finance and 14 more
  • sangiin.go.jp · checked Current terms from the House of Representatives roster (shugiin.go.jp 議員一覧, as of 2026-09-28), House of Councillors roster (sangiin.go.jp, as of 2026-10-12) with group and term-expiry date, Cabinet (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html, inaugurated 2026-09-17; former list /105/meibo_a/ inaugurated 2026-02-18), Speakers (shugiin.go.jp English 'Officers of the House', as of 2026-10-05), House of Councillors officers (sangiin.go.jp yakuin, 2026-10-12), Supreme Court justices (courts.go.jp 最高裁判所の裁判官), Emperor (kunaicho.go.jp). Member start dates are left empty because the rosters do not give them; party is the member's in-house group mapped to its party (groups mixing party and non-party members are mapped to the party). Read 2026-10-12. For: Sanae Takaichi as Prime Minister, Hisayuki Fujii as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Takashi Yamashita as Minister of Justice, Toshimitsu Motegi as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Satsuki Katayama as Minister of Finance and 14 more

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