The Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle) is the current Cabinet of Japan and was formed by Fumio Kishida, Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan in September 2023. The cabinet has governed Japan since 13 September 2023.

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Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)
101st Cabinet of Japan
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, centre) with the newly-formed cabinet inside the Kantei, 13 September 2023
Date formed	13 September 2023
People and organisations
Emperor	Naruhito
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister's history	Member of the HoR for Hiroshima 1st district (1993-) Former Foreign Minister (2012-2017) Former Acting Minister of Defense (2017)
No. of ministers	20 (2023-)
Member parties	Liberal Democratic Party   Komeito
Status in legislature	Coalition government HoR (Lower): Majority 293 / 465 (63%) HoC (Upper): Majority 142 / 245 (58%)
Opposition parties	Constitutional Democratic Party Japan Innovation Party Democratic Party for the People Japanese Communist Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Social Democratic Party Seijika Joshi 48 Party Sanseitō
Opposition leader	Kenta Izumi (CDP)
History
Election(s)	49th HoR general election (2021) 26th HoC regular election (2022)
Legislature term(s)	206th– National Diet (49th HoR, 25th– HoC)
Predecessor	Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)

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The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet. It succeeded The Second Kishida First Reshuffled Cabinet on 13 September 2023.^[1] The Reshuffled 101st Cabinet includes more women, while keeping Kishida's potential rivals in key positions.

As of 2023, Kishida has led four cabinets since the beginning of his premiership in October 2021. His first cabinet lasted just 38 days, and was formed following the resignation of former Prime Minister Yoshide Suga's cabinet. After receiving a mandate in the 2021 general election, Kishida formed his second cabinet in November 2021. He reshuffled it twice, the first time being in August 2022 in the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, and the second in September 2023. The second reshuffle includes more women, while also keeping potential political rivals in key roles and positions.^[2] In total, eleven first time appointees were introduced in the cabinet.^[3]

The cabinet includes five women, only one of which, Sanae Takaichi, was inherited from the previous reshuffled cabinet.^[4] Most notably, Kishida replaced Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who had served in his cabinet since after the general election, with Yoko Kamikawa, who had previously served as Minister of Justice under Yoshihide Suga.^[5] Kishida also replaced Yasukazu Hamada, who had served as Defense Minister since the first reshuffle, with Minoru Kihara, who had never served as a cabinet minister before.^[6] Kishda retained Taro Kono and Sanae Takaichi in similar roles.^[7] Both had competed with Kishida for the LDP Presidency in 2021.