Fourth Abe Cabinet

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Fourth Abe Cabinet
98th Cabinet of Japan
1 November 2017 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 1, 2017
Date formed	November 1, 2017
Date dissolved	September 16, 2020
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Akihito
Head of government	Shinzō Abe
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Member party	Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano
History
Elections	2017 general election 2019 councillors election
Predecessor	Third Abe Cabinet
Successor	Suga Cabinet

The Fourth Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from November 2017 to September 2020. The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.

Following his resignation, the Fourth Abe cabinet was dissolved on September 16, 2020, and replaced with the Suga cabinet.

According to research by Nikkan Gendai, 10 out of 20 members in the Fourth Abe Cabinet had connections to the Unification Church.^[1] These connections were largely not reported by Japanese media at the time.^[2]

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1 November 2017

House of Representatives Absolute majority (233/465) required
Choice		Vote
		Caucuses	Votes
	YShinzō Abe	LDP (282), Independent [Speaker] (1), Komeito (29)	312 / 465
	Yukio Edano	CDP (55), Liberal (2), SDP (2), Independent [Vice Speaker] (1)	60 / 465
	Shū Watanabe	Kibō (51)	51 / 465
	Kōhei Ōtsuka	Independents formerly from DP (16)	16 / 465
	Kazuo Shii	JCP (12)	12 / 465
	Toranosuke Katayama	Ishin (11)	11 / 465
	Seiji Maehara	Independent [Katsuhito Nakajima] (1)	1 / 465
	Eiichirō Washio	Independent [Eiichirō Washio] (1)	1 / 465
	Invalid ballot	LDP (1)	1 / 465
Source: 195th Diet Session (House of Representatives) (roll call only lists individual votes, not grouped by caucus)

1 November 2017

House of Councillors Absolute majority (122/242) required
Choice		Vote
		Caucuses	Votes
	YShinzō Abe	LDP-Kokoro (124), Komeito (24), Independents Club (2) , Independent (1)	151 / 242
	Kōhei Ōtsuka	DP (47), Independent [Vice President] (1)	48 / 242
	Kazuo Shii	JCP (14)	14 / 242
	Toranosuke Katayama	Ishin (11)	11 / 242
	Yukio Edano	Hope Coalition (Liberal and SDP) (6), Okinawa Whirlwind (2), Independent-CDP [Tetsuro Fukuyama] (1)	9 / 242
	Shū Watanabe	Kibō (3)	3 / 242
	Kenzō Fujisue	Kokumin no Koe [People's Voice] (2)	2 / 242
	Blank ballot	Independent [Kazuyuki Yamaguchi] (1)	1 / 242
	Did not vote	Independent [President] (1), LDP-Kokoro (1), Komeito (1)	3 / 242
Source: 195th Diet Session (House of Councillors) (lists individual votes grouped by caucus)

  Liberal Democratic
  Komeito
R = Member of the House of Representatives
C = Member of the House of Councillors

• February 27, 2018 – Okinawa and Northern Territories Minister Tetsuma Esaki resigned and was replaced by Teru Fukui.

Fourth Abe Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
98th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, October 2, 2018
Date formed	October 2, 2018
Date dissolved	September 11, 2019
People and organisations
Emperor	Akihito (until April 30, 2019) Naruhito (from May 1, 2019)
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Deputy Prime Minister	Tarō Asō
Member party	Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano
History
Elections	2017 general election 2019 councillors election
Predecessor	Fourth Abe Cabinet
Successor	Fourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)

• April 10, 2019 – Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada resigned and was replaced by Shun'ichi Suzuki.

Fourth Abe Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)
98th Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with his reshuffled cabinet inside the Kantei, September 11, 2019
Date formed	September 11, 2019
Date dissolved	September 16, 2020
People and organisations
Head of state	Emperor Naruhito
Head of government	Shinzō Abe
Deputy head of government	Tarō Asō
Member party	Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition
Status in legislature	HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority
Opposition party	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Opposition leader	Yukio Edano
History
Elections	2017 general election 2019 councillors election
Predecessor	Fourth Abe Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
Successor	Suga Cabinet

• October 25, 2019 – Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Isshu Sugawara resigned and was replaced by Hiroshi Kajiyama.
• October 31, 2019 – Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai resigned and was replaced by Masako Mori.

• List of Ministers November 2017 – October 2018
• List of Ministers October 2018 – September 2019
• List of Ministers September 2019 – September 2020