Lineup of Japan's new Cabinet

Lineup of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama's Cabinet

The Associated Press
AP News

Sep 16, 2009 04:16 EDT

The Cabinet line-up announced Wednesday by newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama:

National Strategy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister: Naoto Kan

Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirofumi Hirano

Foreign Minister: Katsuya Okada

Defense Minister: Toshimi Kitazawa

Finance Minister: Hirohisa Fujii

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister: Masayuki Naoshima

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister: Hirotaka Akamatsu

Justice Minister: Keiko Chiba

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister: Tatsuo Kawabata

Health, Labor and Welfare Minister: Akira Nagatsuma

Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister, also in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories: Seiji Maehara

Postal and Financial Minister: Shizuka Kamei (People's New Party)

Internal Affairs and Communications Minister: Kazuhiro Haraguchi

Environment Minister: Sakihito Ozawa

National Public Safety Commission Chairman: Hiroshi Nakai

Administrative Reform Minister: Yoshito Sengoku

Population, Consumer Affairs, Gender Equality and Food Safety Minister: Mizuho Fukushima (Social Democratic Party)

Source: AP News