Minister, State Ministers and Parliamentary Vice-Ministers
Minister for Reconstruction
NISHIME Kosaburo
Minister for Reconstruction
Minister in Charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Date of Birth: August 7, 1954
Place of Birth: Okinawa Prefecture
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) (Elected 5 Times)
Constituency: Okinawa 4th District
April 1979 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Sophia University |
September 1981 | Studied at Tulane University Graduate School, United States |
April 1979 | Joined the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation(ODFC) |
October 1984 | Secretary to the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (NISHIME Junji) |
June 1988 | Member of Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (Elected for four consecutive terms, Served as Chairperson of Policy Research Council and Secretary-General of LDP of Okinawa) |
November 2003 | Elected to the House of Representatives (43rd General Election) |
September 2005 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (44th General Election) |
August 2008 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Fukuda Reshuffled Cabinet) |
December 2012 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election) |
October 2013 | Director, Internal Affairs and Communications Division, LDP |
September 2014 | State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2nd Reshuffled Abe Cabinet) |
December 2014 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election) |
September 2016 | Chairman, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HR |
August 2017 | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (3rd Reshuffled Abe Cabinet) |
October 2017 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election) |
October 2018 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP |
October 2019 | Chairman, Committee on Security, HR |
October 2021 | Minister for Reconstruction Minister in Charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (1st Kishida Cabinet) |
November 2021 | Minister in Charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (2nd Kishida Cabinet) |
State Minister for Reconstruction
TOGASHI Hiroyuki
State Minister for Reconstruction

Date of Birth: April 27, 1955
Place of Birth: Akita Prefecture
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Akita 1st District
March 1979 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Akita University of Economics |
April 1979 | Secretary to MP Norota Hosei, Member of the House of Representatives |
December 1983 | Secretary to MP Norota Hosei, Member of the House of Councilors |
April 1995 | Member of Akita Prefectural Assembly |
August 2009 | Speaker of Akita Prefectural Assembly |
December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives |
August 2016 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of for Internal Affairs and Communications (3rd Abe Cabinet) |
September 2020 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP |
October 2021 | State Minister for Reconstruction (1st Kishida Cabinet) |
November 2021 | State Minister for Reconstruction (2nd Kishida Cabinet) |
State Minister for Reconstruction
NIIZUMA Hideki
State Minister for Reconstruction

Date of Birth: July 22, 1970
Place of Birth: Saitama Prefecture
Political Party: Komeito
Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency: Proportional Representation
1993 | Graduated from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo |
1995 | Graduated from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo |
1995 | Joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
2013 | Elected to the House of Councillors |
2017 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction |
2019 | Re-elected to the House of Councillors |
2020 | Chairman of Special Committee on Disasters, House of Councillors |
November 2021 | State Minister for Reconstruction (Kishida Cabinet) |
State Minister for Reconstruction
WATANABE Takeyuki
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
State Minister of Cabinet Office
State Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
MUNEKIYO Koichi
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Date of Birth: August 9, 1970
Place of Birth: Osaka Prefecture
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
Constituency: Proportional Representation
1994 | Graduated from Ryukoku University |
1994-1996 | Worked for Taiyo Corporation |
1996-1997 | Worked for Japan NOP CO., Ltd. |
1997-2007 | Secretary to MP Shiokawa Masajuro, Member of House of Representatives |
2007-2014 | Member of Osaka Prefectural Assembly (2 terms) |
2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives |
2020 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office |
October 2021 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office(1st Kishida Cabinet) |
November 2021 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office(2nd Kishida Cabinet) |