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Fourth Abe Cabinet | |
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![]() 98th Cabinet of Japan | |
![]() Prime Minister Shinzō Abe (front row, centre) with the re-elected cabinet inside the Kantei, November 1, 2017 | |
Date formed | November 1, 2017 |
Date dissolved | September 16, 2020 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Emperor Akihito (2017–2019) Emperor Naruhito (2019–2020) |
Head of government | Shinzō Abe |
Deputy head of government | Tarō Asō |
Member party | Liberal Democratic–Komeito Coalition |
Status in legislature | HoR: LDP-K Coalition supermajority HoC: LDP-K Coalition majority |
Opposition party | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan |
Opposition leader | Yukio Edano |
History | |
Elections | 2017 general election 2019 councillors election |
Predecessor | Third Abe Cabinet |
Successor | Suga Cabinet |
The Fourth Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from November 2017 to September 2020. The government is a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito (which had changed its name from "New Komeito" in the 2012–2014 term) and controls both the upper and lower houses of the National Diet.
Following his resignation, the Fourth Abe cabinet was dissolved on September 16, 2020, and replaced with the Suga cabinet.
According to research by Nikkan Gendai, 10 out of 20 members in the Fourth Abe Cabinet had connections to the Unification Church.[1] These connections were largely not reported by Japanese media at the time.[2]