Third Satō Cabinet

The Third Satō Cabinet is the 63rd Cabinet of Japan headed by Eisaku Satō from January 14, 1970, to July 7, 1972.

Cabinet

 * Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
 * Minister of Justice
 * Takeji Kobayashi (Member of the House of Councilors): January 14, 1970 - February 8, 1971
 * Daisuke Akita (Minister of Home Affairs): February 9–16, 1971
 * Koshiro Ueki: February 17 - July 5, 1971
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs - Kiichi Aichi
 * Minister of Finance - Takeo Fukuda
 * Minister of Education - Michita Sakata
 * Minister of Health and Welfare - Tsuneo Uchida
 * Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Tadao Kuraishi
 * Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kiichi Miyazawa
 * Minister of Transport - Tomisaburo Hashimoto
 * Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Ide Ichitaro
 * Minister of Labor - Masakatsu Nohara
 * Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Ryutaro Nemoto
 * Minister of Home Affairs - Daisuke Akita
 * Chief Cabinet Secretary - Shigeru Mori
 * Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
 * Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Director of the Administrative Management Agency - Araki Masuo
 * Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency, Director of the Science and Technology Agency - Shinichi Nishida (Member of the House of Councilors)
 * Director of the Defense Agency - Yasuhiro Nakasone
 * Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Ichiro Sato (Member of the House of Councilors)
 * Director-General of the Environment Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on July 1, 1971
 * Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Toshio Kimura
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Mitsu Ishioka
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Tetsuro Minato: January 20, 1970 - July 5, 1971
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs)
 * Norio Iwakura: January 16, 1970 - January 8, 1971
 * Renpei Kuriyama: January 8 - July 5, 1971

Reshuffled Cabinet
The Cabinet reshuffle took place on July 5, 1971.


 * Prime Minister - Eisaku Sato
 * Minister of Justice - Shigezaburo Maeo
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs - Takeo Fukuda
 * Minister of Finance - Mikio Mizuta
 * Minister of Education - Saburo Takami
 * Minister of Health and Welfare - Noboru Saito (Member of the House of Councilors)
 * Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry - Munetori Akagi
 * Minister of International Trade and Industry - Kakuei Tanaka
 * Minister of Transport - Kyoshirō Niwa
 * Minister of Posts and Telecommunications - Masao Hirose
 * Minister of Labor
 * Kensaburo Hara: July 5, 1971 - January 27, 1972
 * Toshiro Tsukahara: January 28 - July 7, 1972
 * Minister of Construction, Director of the Kinki Regional Development Agency, Director of the Chubu Regional Development and Maintenance Agency, Chair of the National Capital Region Development Commission - Eiichi Nishimura
 * Minister of Home Affairs, Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development Agency - Motosaburo Watami
 * Chief Cabinet Secretary - Noboru Takeshita
 * Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office - Sadanori Yamanaka
 * Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Chief of the Administrative Management Agency - Torata Nakamura
 * Director of the Defense Agency
 * Keikichi Masuhara (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - August 1, 1971
 * Naoki Nishimura: August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1971
 * Masumi Esaki: December 6, 1971 - July 7, 1972
 * Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency - Toshio Kimura
 * Director of the Science and Technology Agency
 * Wataru Hiraizumi (Member of the House of Councilors): July 5 - November 15, 1971
 * Shiro Kiuchi (Member of the House of Councilors): November 16, 1971 - July 7, 1972
 * Director of the Environment Agency - Takeichi Oishi
 * Director of the Okinawa Regional Development Agency - Sadanori Yamanaka (Concurrently serving as the Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office): Established on May 15, 1972
 * Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau - Masami Takatsuji
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political Affairs) - Asao Mihara
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (General Affairs) - Kinichi Koike
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (Political Affairs) - Shigetami Sunada: July 9, 1971 - July 7, 1972
 * Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office (General Affairs) - Renpei Kuriyama