# The Cabinet (内閣, ないかく)

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- Group: Institutions, offices and documents
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/cabinet
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-16

The body that holds executive power: the Prime Minister and the other Ministers of State (Articles 65 and 66). It administers the law, conducts foreign affairs, prepares the budget and issues Cabinet Orders (政令); Article 73 is the list. It answers to the Diet as a body (Article 66, paragraph (3)), and must resign if the House of Representatives passes a vote of no confidence and is not dissolved within ten days (Article 69).

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Constitution, Arts. 65, 66, 69, 73](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/321CONSTITUTION) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution
- [Wikipedia: Cabinet of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan)

## Where the laws use it

15 laws in force use it in this sense, in 35 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [The Constitution of Japan (日本国憲法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution): 18 provisions, among them [Article 3](https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-3), [Article 6](https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-6), [Article 7](https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-7)
- [Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-2), [Article 126](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-126)
- [Code of Civil Procedure (民事訴訟法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure): 2 provisions, among them [Article 191](https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-191), [Article 223](https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-223)
- [Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-2), [Article 17](https://japanlaw.org/en/information-disclosure-act/art-17)
- [Whistleblower Protection Act (公益通報者保護法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2)
- [Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/enact-1)
- [Cabinet Order on the Arrangement of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (出入国管理及び難民認定法及び外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/skill-development-amendment-transitional-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/skill-development-amendment-transitional-order/enact-1)
- [Cabinet Order on the Arrangement of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-order/enact-1)
- [Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/enact-1)
- [Order for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport Specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律施行令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act-enforcement-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act-enforcement-order/enact-1)
- [Cabinet Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2024-amendment-transitional-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2024-amendment-transitional-order/enact-1)
- [Passport Act (旅券法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/passport-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/passport-act/art-2)
- [Order for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行令)](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-order): 1 provision, among them [Enacting Statement 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-order/enact-1)
- [Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 45](https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/art-45)
- [Administrative Procedure Act (行政手続法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-2)

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order)
- [The Diet (国会, こっかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/diet)
- [House of Representatives (衆議院, しゅうぎいん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/house-of-representatives)
- [Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣, ないかくそうりだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prime-minister)
- [Minister of State (国務大臣, こくむだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/minister-of-state)
- [Emperor (天皇, てんのう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/emperor)
- [House of Councillors (参議院, さんぎいん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/house-of-councillors)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-16)
- Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (12 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI