On September 25, 2007, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda formed his Cabinet, a coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito. The member profiles of the new Cabinet, officially inaugurated on September 26, are as follows:

Prime Minister
Fukuda, Yasuo (71) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Gunma-4; Chief Cabinet Secretary (State Minister); LDP Director-General, LDP Treasury Bureau; Chairman, LDP Finance Committee; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Waseda University
Born July 16, 1936

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform, Minister of State for Rural and Urban Disparities, Minister of State for Regional System, Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Masuda, Hiroya (55) (Private Sector)
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications,Minister of State for Decentralization Reform, Correcting Regional Disparities, Regional Government (doshu-sei), and Privatization of the Postal Services;Governor of Iwate Prefecture (elected for three consecutive terms); Senior Planning Officer for General Affairs Division, River Bureau, Ministry of Construction
University of Tokyo
Born December 20, 1951

Minister of Justice
Hatoyama, Kunio (59) (LDP)
Ten-term member of the House of Representatives from Fukuoka-6; Minister of Justice; Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Responses to Armed Attacks; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration; Labour Minister; Education Minister
University of Tokyo
Born September 13, 1948

Minister for Foreign Affairs
Koumura, Masahiko (65) (LDP)
Nine-term member of the House of Representatives from Yamaguchi-1; Defense Minister; Justice Minister; Foreign Minister; State Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Director-General, Economic Planning Agency (State Minister); Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Chuo University
Born March 15, 1942

Minister of Finance
Nukaga, Fukushiro (63) (LDP)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives from Ibaraki-2; Minister of Finance; Director-General of the Defense Agency (State Minister); Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council; LDP Acting Secretary General; State Minister in Charge of Economy and Finance concurrently State Minister in Charge of Information Technology
Waseda University
Born January 11, 1944

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Tokai, Kisaburo (59) (LDP)
Six-term member of the House of Representatives from Hyogo-10; LDP Acting Chairman, Policy Research Council; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration; Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Waseda University
Born February 11, 1948

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Masuzoe, Yoichi (58) (LDP)
Two-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Chairman, LDP Policy Board in the House of Councillors; Director, House of Councillors Committee on Budget; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
University of Tokyo
Born November 29, 1948

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Wakabayashi, Masatoshi (73) (LDP)
Two-term member of the House of Councillors from Nagano; Three-term member of the House of Representatives from Nagano-1; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ; Minister of the Environment, Minister in charge of Global Environmental Problems and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Chairman, House of Councillors LDP Policy Board; Chief Director, House of Councillors Committee on Budget; Director, House of Councillors Deliberative Council on Political Ethics; Senior Vice-Minister of Finance
University of Tokyo
Born July 4, 1934

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Amari, Akira (58) (LDP)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa-13; Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Labour Minister; Acting Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Budget; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry
Keio University
Born August 27, 1949

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister for Ocean Policy
Fuyushiba, Tetsuzo (71) (New Komeito)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Hyogo-8; Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Minister for Ocean Policy; Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; New Komeito General Secretary; Member, House of Representatives Committee on the Fundamental National Policies; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Home Affairs; Advisor, New Komeito General Policy Research Council
Kansai University
Born June 29, 1936

Minister of the Environment
Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems
Kamoshita, Ichiro (58) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo-13; Minister of the Environment, Minister in Charge of Global Environmental Problems; Deputy Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council; Senior-Vice Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
Nihon University
Born January 16, 1949

Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for the Abduction Issues
Machimura, Nobutaka (62) (LDP)
Eight-term member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido-5; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chairman, LDP Research Commission on Foreign Affairs; Minister for Foreign Affairs; LDP Director-General, Election Bureau; Education, Culture, Sports and Technology Minister; Education, Science and Culture Minister; LDP Deputy Secretary-General; Parliamentary Vice Minister for Education, Science and Culture
University of Tokyo
Born October 17, 1944

Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Disaster Management and Food Safety
Izumi, Shinya (70) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation); Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Minister of State for Disaster Management and Food Safety; Chairman, House of Councillors Committee on Audit; Chairman, LDP Research Commission on Expanding the Size of Regional Divisions; Chairman, House of Councillors Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System; Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Kyushu University
Born August 1, 1937

Minister of Defense
Ishiba, Shigeru (50) (LDP)
Seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Tottori-1; Minister of State for Defense; Senior Vice Minister for Defense; Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Transport; Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Deregulation
Keio University
Born February 4, 1957

Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Quality-of-Life Policy, Science and Technology Policy, "Challenge Again" Initiative, and Regulatory Reform
Kishida, Fumio (50) (LDP)
Five-term member of the House of Representatives from Hiroshima-1; Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Quality-of-Life Policy, Science and Technology Policy, "Challenge Again" Initiative, and Regulatory Reform; LDP Director-General, Treasury Bureau; Senior Vice-Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Construction, Ministry of Construction
Waseda University
Born July 29, 1957

Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reforms
Watanabe, Yoshimi (55) (LDP)
Four-term member of the House of Representatives from Tochigi-3; Minister of State for Financial Services, State Minister in Charge of National and Local Administrative Reforms, State Minister in Charge of Civil Servant Reform; Minister of State for Regulatory Reform; Senior Vice-Minister, Cabinet Office; Manager, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System; LDP Acting Director-General, International Bureau; LDP Acting Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters
Waseda University
Born March 17, 1952

Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Ota, Hiroko (53) (Private Sector)
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Director General for Economic Research, Cabinet Office; Deputy Director General for Economic Research; Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; Associate Professor, Saitama University
Hitotsubashi University
Born February 2, 1954

Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
Kamikawa, Yoko (54) (LDP)
Three-term member of the House of Representatives from Shizuoka-1; Minister of State for Declining Birthrate and Gender Equality Issues; Member, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare; Member, House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Director, House of Representatives Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs; Political Staff of the US Senate
University of Tokyo
Graduate School, Harvard University
Born March 1, 1953