Ministers of State

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cabinet position government office

Ministers of State are high-ranking government officials in Japan who head ministries and agencies and collectively support the Prime Minister in executing national policy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ministers of State (Japan)	0
Ministers of State of India	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
appointedBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
canBeDismissedBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
collectiveResponsibilityTo	National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan public of Japan ⓘ
collectiveTitle	Daijō-daijin ⓘ surface form: Daijin
constitutionalArticle	Article 66 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 68 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
duty	assist the Prime Minister in exercising executive power ⓘ execute national policy ⓘ head national ministries and agencies ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	must be a civilian ⓘ
headedBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
includesOffice	Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan ⓘ surface form: Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization of Japan Minister in charge of Regional Revitalization of Japan ⓘ Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue of Japan ⓘ Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan ⓘ Minister of Defense of Japan ⓘ Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan ⓘ surface form: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ⓘ Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Minister of Health and Welfare of Japan ⓘ surface form: Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan ⓘ surface form: Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan Minister of Justice of Japan ⓘ Minister of Transport of Japan ⓘ surface form: Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs ⓘ surface form: Minister of State for Special Missions of Japan Minister of the Environment of Japan ⓘ
JapaneseName	国務大臣 ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Cabinet Law of Japan ⓘ Constitution of Japan ⓘ
maximumNumber	20 ⓘ
mayInclude	non-Diet members ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
minimumNumber	14 ⓘ
oathTo	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
reportsTo	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
requiresApprovalBy	Emperor of Japan ⓘ National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
responsibility	administration of their respective ministries ⓘ implementation of cabinet decisions ⓘ
roleInGovernment	executive branch ⓘ
supports	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 68 of the Constitution of Japan → appliesTo → Ministers of State ⓘ

Naikaku → appoints → Ministers of State ⓘ

Council of Ministers → composedOf → Ministers of State ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Ministers (India)

this entity surface form: Ministers of State of India

Naikaku → composedOf → Ministers of State ⓘ

Cabinet of Japan → compositionIncludes → Ministers of State ⓘ

Article 68 of the Constitution of Japan → governsRelationshipBetween → Ministers of State ⓘ