The 44th Prime Minister, The Shidehara Cabinet
Prime Minister Kijuro Shidehara
Minister of Foreign Affairs Shigeru Yoshida
Minister of Home Affairs Zenjiro Horikiri(-January 13, 1946)
Chuzo Mitsuchi(January 13, 1946-)
Minister of Finance Keizo Shibusawa
Minister of the Army
(Abolished December 1, 1945)
Sadamu Shimomura
First Minister of Demobilization
(First Ministry of Demobilization established December 1, 1945)
Kijuro Shidehara(concurrent)
Minister of the Navy
(Abolished December 1, 1945)
Mitsumasa Yonai
Second Minister of Demobilization
(Second Ministry of Demobilization established December 1, 1945)
Kijuro Shidehara(concurrent)
Minister of Justice Chuzo Iwata
Minister of Education Tamon Maeda(-January 13, 1946)
Yoshishige Abe(January 13, 1946-)
Minister of Welfare Hitoshi Ashida
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Kenzo Matsumura(-January 13, 1946)
Senpachi Soejima(January 13, 1946-)
Minister of Commerce and Industry Sankuro Ogasawara
Minister of Transportation Takeo Tanaka(-January 13, 1946)
Chuzo Mitsuchi(concurrent)(January 13, 1946-January 26, 1946)
Giichi Murakami(January 26, 1946-)
President of the Board of Postwar Rehabilitation
(Board of Postwar Rehabilitation established November 5, 1945 and abolished December 30, 1947)
Ichizo Kobayashi having additional post(November 5, 1945-March 9, 1946)
(Ministerial office until March 30, 1946)
Minister of State without portfolio Joji Matsumoto
Minister of State without portfolio Daizaburo Tsugita(-January 13, 1946)
Takeshige Ishiguro(February 26, 1946-)
Minister of State without portfolio Ichizo Kobayashi having additional post(October 30, 1945-March 9, 1946)
Minister of State without portfolio Wataru Narahashi(February 26, 1946-)
Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Daizaburo Tsugita(concurrent)(-January 13, 1946)
Wataru Narahashi(January 13, 1946-February 26, 1946)
Wataru Narahashi(concurrent)(February 26, 1946-)
Director General of the Bureau of Legislation Wataru Narahashi(-January 13, 1946)
Takeshige Ishiguro(January 13, 1946-February 26, 1946)
Takeshige Ishiguro(concurrent)(February 26, 1946-March 19, 1946)
Toshio Irie(March 19, 1946-)
Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet Shigeo Miyoshi(October 27, 1945-January 13, 1946)
Shiro Kiuchi(March 2, 1946-)

Source: official website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet

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