The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
The current minister is Norikazu Suzuki, who took office on 21 October 2025.
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List of ministers
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The following list below is a list of notable ministers appointed since 1945.
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! # !! Agency Minister !! Debut month !! Retire month !! Prime Minister
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!colspan="5"| Minsister of Agriculture and Commerce appointed after 1945
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! 1
| Kotaro Sengoku || August 1945 || October 1945 || Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
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! 2
| Kenzo Matsumura || October 1945 || January 1946 || Kijūrō Shidehara
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! 3
| Chihachi Soejima || January 1946 || May 1946 || Kijūrō Shidehara
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! 4
| Hiroo Wada || May 1946 || January 1947 || Shigeru Yoshida
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! 5
| Shigeru Yoshida || January 1947 || February 1947 || Shigeru Yoshida
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! 6
| Kimura Kozaemon || February 1947 || May 1947 || Shigeru Yoshida
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! -
| Tetsu Katayama || May 1947 || June 1947 || Tetsu Katayama
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! 7
| Rikizo Hirano || June 1947 || November 1947 || Tetsu Katayama
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! -
| Tetsu Katayama || November 1947 || December 1947 || Tetsu Katayama
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! 8
| Kanae Hatano || December 1947 || March 1948 || Tetsu Katayama
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! 9
| Kazuo Nagae || March 1948 || October 1948 || Hitoshi Ashida
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! -
| Shigeru Yoshida || October 1948 || October 1948 || Shigeru Yoshida
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! 10
| Shuto Hideo || October 1948 || February 1949 || Shigeru Yoshida
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!colspan="5"| Minsister of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries appointed after 1978
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! 1
| Ichiro Nakagawa || July 1978 || December 1978 || Takeo Fukuda
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! 2
| Michio Watanabe || December 1978 || November 1979 || Masayoshi Ōhira
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! 3
| Kabun Mutō || November 1979 || July 1980 || Masayoshi Ōhira
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! 4
| Takao Kameoka || July 1980 || November 1981 || Zenkō Suzuki
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! 5
| Kichirō Tazawa || December 1981 || November 1982 || Zenkō Suzuki
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! 6
| Iwazo Kaneko || November 1982 || December 1983 || Yasuhiro Nakasone
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! 7
| Shinjiro Yamamura || December 1983 || October 1984 || Yasuhiro Nakasone
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! 8
| Morio Sato || November 1984 || December 1985 || Yasuhiro Nakasone
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! 9
| Tsutomu Hata || December 1985 || July 1986 || Yasuhiro Nakasone
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! 10
| Musuki Katō || July 1866 || November 1987 || Yasuhiro Nakasone
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List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" |Minister
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Prime minister
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!#
! colspan="2" |Portrait
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
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|1
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|Ichiro Nakagawa
|July 5, 1978
|December 7, 1978
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! style="background-color: " |
|Takeo Fukuda
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|2
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|Michio Watanabe
|December 7, 1978
|November 9, 1979
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Masayoshi Ōhira
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|3
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|Kabun Mutō
|November 9, 1979
|July 17, 1980
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|4
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|Takao Kameoka
| July 17, 1980
|November 30, 1981
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Zenkō Suzuki
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|5
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|Kichirō Tazawa
| November 30, 1981
|November 27, 1982
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|6
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|Iwazo Kaneko
| November 27, 1982
|December 27, 1983
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" |Yasuhiro Nakasone
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|7
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|Shinjiro Yamamura
| December 27, 1983
|November 1, 1984
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|-
|8
! style="background-color: "|
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|Moriyoshi Sato
| November 1, 1984
|December 28, 1985
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|9
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|Tsutomu Hata
| December 28, 1985
|July 22, 1986
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|-
|10
! style="background-color: "|
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|Mutsuki Kato
| July 22, 1986
|November 6, 1987
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|-
|11
! style="background-color: "|
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|Takashi Sato
| November 6, 1987
|December 27, 1988
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Noboru Takeshita
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|12<br/>(9)
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|Tsutomu Hata
| December 27, 1988
|June 3, 1989
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|13
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|Hisao Horinouchi
| June 3, 1989
|August 10, 1989
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!style="background-color: " |
|Sōsuke Uno
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|14
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|Michihiko Kano
| August 10, 1989
|February 28, 1990
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Toshiki Kaifu
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|15
! style="background-color: "|
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|Tomio Yamamoto
| February 28, 1990
|December 29, 1990
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|16
! style="background-color: "|
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|Motoji Kondō
| December 29, 1990
|November 5, 1991
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|17
! style="background-color: "|
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|Masami Tanabu
| November 5, 1991
|August 4, 1993
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Kiichi Miyazawa
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|18
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|Kiichi Miyazawa
| August 4, 1993
|August 9, 1993
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|19
! style="background-color: "|
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|Eijiro Hata
| August 9, 1993
|April 28, 1994
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!style="background-color: " |
|Morihiro Hosokawa
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|ー<br/>(9)
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|Tsutomu Hata<br/>(Acting)
| April 28, 1994
|April 28, 1994
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Tsutomu Hata
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|20<br/>(10)
! style="background-color: "|
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|Mutsuki Kato
| April 28, 1994
|June 30, 1994
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|21
! style="background-color: "|
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|Taichiro Ōkawara
| June 30, 1994
|August 8, 1995
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Tomiichi Murayama
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|22
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|Hosei Norota
| August 8, 1995
|January 11, 1996
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|23
! style="background-color: "|
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|Ichizo Ōhara
| January 11, 1996
|November 7, 1996
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |Ryutaro Hashimoto
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|24
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|Takao Fujimoto
| November 7, 1996
|September 11, 1997
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|25
! style="background-color: "|
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|Ihei Ochi
| September 11, 1997
|September 26, 1997
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|26
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|Yoshinobu Shimamura
| September 26, 1997
|July 30, 1998
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|27
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|Shōichi Nakagawa
| July 30, 1998
|October 5, 1999
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!style="background-color: " |
|Keizō Obuchi
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| rowspan="2" | 28
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| rowspan="2" |Tokuichiro Tamazawa
| rowspan="2" | October 5, 1999
| rowspan="2" | July 4, 2000
|rowspan="2" |
!style="background-color: " |
|Keizō Obuchi
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Yoshirō Mori
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|29
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|Yoichi Tani
| July 4, 2000
|December 5, 2000
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|30
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|Yoshio Yatsu
| December 5, 2000
|April 26, 2001
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|31
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|Tsutomu Takebe
| April 26, 2001
|September 30, 2002
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="7" |
| rowspan="7" |Junichiro Koizumi
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|32
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| 142x142px
|Tadamori Ōshima
| September 30, 2002
|April 1, 2003
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|33
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| 142x142px
|Yoshiyuki Kamei
| April 1, 2003
|September 27, 2004
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|34<br/>(26)
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|Yoshinobu Shimamura
| September 27, 2004
|August 8, 2005
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|35
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|Junichiro Koizumi
| August 8, 2005
|August 11, 2005
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|36
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|Mineichi Iwanaga
| August 11, 2005
|October 31, 2005
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|37<br/>(27)
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|Shōichi Nakagawa
| October 31, 2005
|September 26, 2006
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|38
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|Toshikatsu Matsuoka
| September 26, 2006
|May 28, 2007
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="6" |
| rowspan="6" |Shinzo Abe
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|ー
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|Masatoshi Wakabayashi<br/>(Acting)
| May 28, 2007
|June 1, 2007
||'
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|39
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|Norihiko Akagi
| June 1, 2007
| August 1, 2007
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|40
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|Masatoshi Wakabayashi
| August 1, 2007
| August 27, 2007
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|41
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|Takehiko Endo
| August 27, 2007
| September 3, 2007
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|ー
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|Akira Amari<br/>(Acting)
| September 3, 2007
|September 4, 2007
||'
|-
| rowspan="2" | 42 <br/>(40)
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| rowspan="2" |Masatoshi Wakabayashi
| rowspan="2" | September 4, 2007
| rowspan="2" | August 2, 2008
|rowspan="2" |
!style="background-color: " |
|Shinzo Abe
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Yasuo Fukuda
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|43
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|Seiichi Ōta
| August 2, 2008
| September 19, 2008
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|ー
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|Nobutaka Machimura<br/>(Acting)
| September 19, 2008
|September 26, 2008
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|44
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|Shigeru Ishiba
| September 26, 2008
| September 16, 2009
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!style="background-color: " |
|Tarō Asō
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|45
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|Hirotaka Akamatsu
| September 16, 2009
| June 8, 2010
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!style="background-color: " |
|Yukio Hatoyama
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|46
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|Masahiko Yamada
| June 8, 2010
| September 17, 2010
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!style="background-color: " |
|Naoto Kan
|-
| rowspan="2" | 47<br/>(14)
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| rowspan="2" |Michihiko Kano
| rowspan="2" | September 17, 2010
| rowspan="2" | June 4, 2012
|rowspan="2" |
!style="background-color: " |
|Naoto Kan
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Yoshihiko Noda
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|48
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|Akira Gunji
| June 4, 2012
| December 16, 2012
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|49
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|Yoshimasa Hayashi
| December 16, 2012
| September 3, 2014
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="8" |
| rowspan="8" |Shinzo Abe
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|50
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|Koya Nishikawa
| September 3, 2014
| February 23, 2015
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|51
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|Yoshimasa Hayashi
| February 23, 2015
| October 7, 2015
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|52
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|Hiroshi Moriyama
| October 7, 2015
| August 3, 2016
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|53
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|Yūji Yamamoto
| August 3, 2016
| August 3, 2017
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|54
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|Ken Saitō
| August 3, 2017
| October 2, 2018
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|55
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|Takamori Yoshikawa
| October 2, 2018
| September 11, 2019
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|56
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|Taku Etō
| September 11, 2019
| September 16, 2020
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|57
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|Kōtarō Nogami
| September 16, 2020
| October 4, 2021
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!style="background-color: " |
|Yoshihide Suga
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|58
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|Genjirō Kaneko
| October 4, 2021
| August 10, 2022
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!style="background-color: " rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |Fumio Kishida
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|59
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|Tetsuro Nomura
| August 10, 2022
| September 13, 2023
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|60
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|Ichiro Miyashita
| September 13, 2023
| December 14, 2023
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|61
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|Tetsushi Sakamoto
| December 14, 2023
| October 1, 2024
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|62
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|Yasuhiro Ozato
|October 1, 2024
|November 11, 2024
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!style="background-color: " rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Shigeru Ishiba
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|63<br/>(56)
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|Taku Etō
|November 11, 2024
|May 21, 2025
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|64
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|Shinjirō Koizumi
|May 21, 2025
|October 21, 2025
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|65
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|Norikazu Suzuki
|October 21, 2025
|Incumbent
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|Sanae Takaichi
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References
External links
- Official website