Minister for the Abduction Issue

The Minister for the Abduction Issue (拉致問題担当大臣, daijin), is the Cabinet of Japan member in charge of the issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. The minister is responsible to the Headquarters for the abduction issue (拉致問題対策本部, rachimondaitaisakuhonbu).

As of 7 October 2015, the minister in charge of the abduction issue is Katsunobu Katō.^[1]

List of the Minister for the Abduction Issue

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Cabinet
21st century
01	Yasuhisa Shiozaki	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	Shinzō Abe
02	Kaoru Yosano	August 27, 2007	September 26, 2007	Shinzō Abe
03	Machimura Nobutaka	September 26, 2007	August 2, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
04	Kyoko Nakayama	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
05	Takeo Kawamura	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	Tarō Asō
06	Hiroshi Nakai	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
07	Minoru Yanagida	September 17, 2010	November 22, 2010	Naoto Kan
08	Yoshito Sengoku	November 22, 2010	January 14, 2011	Naoto Kan
09	Kansei Nakano	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	Naoto Kan
10	Kenji Yamaoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
11	Jin Matsubara	January 13, 2012	October 1, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
12	Keishu Tanaka	October 1, 2012	October 23, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
13	Osamu Fujimura	October 24, 2012	December 26, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
14	Keiji Furuya	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	Shinzō Abe
15	Eriko Yamatani	September 3, 2014	October 7, 2015	Shinzō Abe
15	Katsunobu Katō	October 7, 2015	Incumbent	Shinzō Abe

References

↑ "第３次安倍内閣閣僚等名簿". Prime Minister's Official Residence Website. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

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