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New Cabinet (Formed on Sep. 25, 2007)

Prime Minister		Yasuo Fukuda
Birth date: July 16, 1936	LDP	Unaffiliated (Machimura faction)	House of Representatives
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, State Minister in Charge of Rejuvenating Local Economies		Hiroya Masuda
Birth date: Dec. 20, 1951			Former Iwate governor
Justice Minister		Kunio Hatoyama
Birth date: Sept. 13, 1948	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Foreign Minister		Masahiko Komura
Birth date : March 15, 1942	LDP	Komura faction	House of Representatives
Finance Minister		Fukushiro Nukaga
Birth date: Jan. 11, 1944	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Education, Science and Technology Minister		Kisaburo Tokai
Birth date: Feb. 11, 1948	LDP	Yamasaki faction	House of Representatives
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister		Yoichi Masuzoe
Birth date: Nov. 29, 1948	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Councillors
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister		Masatoshi Wakabayashi
Birth date: July 4, 1934	LDP	Machimura faction	House of Councillors
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister		Akira Amari
Birth date: Aug. 27, 1949	LDP	Yamasaki faction	House of Representatives
Construction and Transport Minister, State Minister in Charge of Tourism Promotion		Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Birth date: June 29, 1936		New Komeito	House of Representatives
Environment Minister		Ichiro Kamoshita
Birth date: Jan. 16, 1949	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Defense Minister		Shigeru Ishiba
Birth date: Feb. 4, 1957	LDP	Tsushima faction	House of Representatives
Chief Cabinet Secretary, State Minister in Charge of Abduction Issues		Nobutaka Machimura
Birth date: Oct. 17, 1944	LDP	Machimura faction	House of Representatives
National Public Safety Commission Chairman, State Minister in Charge of Disaster Management and Food Safety		Shinya Izumi
Birth date: Aug. 1, 1937	LDP	Nikai faction	House of Councillors
State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories, State Minister in Charge of Consumer Affairs		Fumio Kishida
Birth date: July 29, 1957	LDP	Koga faction	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Financial Policy and Administrative Reform		Yoshimi Watanabe
Birth date: March 17, 1952	LDP	Unaffiliated	House of Representatives
State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy		Hiroko Ota
Birth date: Feb. 2, 1954		From private sector
State Minister in Charge of Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality		Yoko Kamikawa
Birth date: March 1, 1953	LDP	Koga faction	House of Representatives