List of New Ministers (3 August 2016) Incumbents Taro ASO (R) Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation Sanae TAKAICHI (R) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Katsutoshi KANEDA (R) Minister of Justice Fumio KISHIDA (R) Minister for Foreign Affairs Hirokazu MATSUNO (R) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI (R) Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Yuji YAMAMOTO (R) Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hiroshige SEKO (C) Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation Keiichi ISHII (R) Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy Koichi YAMAMOTO (R) Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Tomomi INADA (R) Minister of Defense Yoshihide SUGA (R) Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of Alleviating the Burden of the Bases in Okinawa Masahiro IMAMURA (R) Minister for Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Jun MATSUMOTO (R) Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for Disaster Management Yosuke TSURUHO (C) Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy Minister in charge of Ocean Policy and Territorial Issues Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" Strategy Nobuteru ISHIHARA (R) Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Katsunobu KATO (R) Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" Initiative Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality Kozo YAMAMOTO (R) Minister in charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan Minister of State for the National Strategic Special Zones Tamayo MARUKAWA (C) Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games .