Minister of Finance (Japan)

The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

Until 2001, the Japanese title was . Both the current and previous title are translated as "Minister of Finance".

The current minister is Satsuki Katayama, who took office on 21 October 2025.

List of ministers

Prewar (1900–1946)

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! # !! Name !! Took office !! Left office

| 1 || Masayoshi Matsukata || 1885 || 1892

| || Watanabe Kunitake || 1892 || 1895

| 2 || Masakata Matsukata || 1895|| 1895

| 3 || Watanabe Kunitake || 1895 || 1896

| 4 || Masayoshi Matsukata || 1896 || 1898

| 5 || Inoue Kaoru || 1898 || 1898

| 6 || Matsuda Masahisa || 1898 || 1898

| 7 || Masakata Matsukata || 1898 || 1900

| 8 || Watanabe Kunitake || 1900 || 1901

| 9 || Saionji Kinmochi || 1901 || 1901

| 10 || Sone Arasuke || 1901 || 1906

| 11 || Yoshiro Sakatani || 1906 || 1908

| 12 || Matsuda Masahisa || 1908 || 1908

| || Katsura Tarō || 1908 || 1911

| || Yamamoto Tatsuo || 1911 || 1912

| || Wakatsuki Reijirō (1st) || 1912 || 1913

| || Takahashi Korekiyo (1st) || 1913 || 1914

| || Wakatsuki Reijirō (2nd) || 1914 || 1915

| || Taketomi Tokitoshi || 1915 || 1916

| || Terauchi Masatake || 1916 || 1916

| || Kazue Shōda (1st) || 1916 || 1918

| || Takahashi Korekiyo (2nd) || 1918 || 1922

| || Otohiko Ichiki || 1922 || 1923

| || Junnosuke Inoue (1st) || 1923 || 1924

| || Kazue Shōda (2nd) || 1924 || 1924

| || Osachi Hamaguchi || 1924 || 1925

| || Seiji Hayami || 1925 || 1925

| || Kataoka Naoharu || 1925 || 1927

| || Takahashi Korekiyo (3rd) || 1927 || 1927

| || Chuzo Mitsuchi || 1927 || 1929

| || Junnosuke Inoue (2nd) || 1929 || 1931

| || Takahashi Korekiyo (4th) || 1931 || 1934

| || Sadanobu Fujii || 1934 || 1934

| || Takahashi Korekiyo (5th) || 1934 || 1936

| || Machida Chūji || 1936 || 1936

| || Eiichi Baba || 1936 || 1937

| || Toyotaro Yuki || 1937 || 1937

| || Okinori Kaya (1st) || 1937 || 1938

| || Shigeaki Ikeda || 1938 || 1939

| || Sotaro Ishiwata (1st) || 1939 || 1939

| || Kazuo Aoki || 1939 || 1940

| || Yukio Sakurauchi || 1940 || 1940

| || Isao Kawada || 1940 || 1941

| || Masatsune Ogura || 1941 || 1941

| || Okinori Kaya (2nd) || 1941 || 1944

| || Sotaro Ishiwata (2nd) || 1944 || 1945

| || Juichi Tsushima || 1945 || 1945

| || Toyosaku Hirose || 1945 || 1945

| || Juichi Tsushima (2nd) || 1945 || 1945

| || Keizō Shibusawa || 1945 || 1946

Postwar (1946–present)

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!colspan=4|Finance Minister

!colspan=3|Term of office

! style="width:160px;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Prime Minister

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!width=180px|Name

!Took office

!Left office

!Days

|32

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|Tanzan Ishibashi

|May 22, 1946

|May 24, 1947

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|Shigeru Yoshida

| -

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|Tetsu Katayama (Acting)

|May 24, 1947

|June 1, 1947

| '

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|rowspan=3|Tetsu Katayama

|33

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|Shōtarō Yano

|June 1, 1947

|June 25, 1947

|34

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|Takeo Kurusu

|June 25, 1947

|March 10, 1948

|35

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|Tokutarō Kitamura

|March 10, 1948

|October 15, 1948

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|Hitoshi Ashida

|36

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|Sanroku Izumiyama

|October 19, 1948

|December 14, 1948

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|rowspan=6|Shigeru Yoshida

| 37

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|Shinzō Ōya (Interim)

|December 14, 1948

|February 16, 1949

| '

|rowspan=2|38

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|rowspan=2|Hayato Ikeda

|rowspan=2|February 16, 1949

|rowspan=2|October 30, 1952

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|39

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|Tadaharu Mukai

|October 30, 1952

|May 21, 1953

|40

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|Sankurō Ogasawara

|May 21, 1953

|December 10, 1954

|rowspan=2|41

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|rowspan=2|Hisato Ichimada

|December 10, 1954

|November 22, 1955

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|rowspan=2|Ichirō Hatoyama

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|November 22, 1955

|December 23, 1956

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|rowspan=2|(38)

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|rowspan=2|Hayato Ikeda

|rowspan=2|December 23, 1956

|rowspan=2|July 10, 1957

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|Tanzan Ishibashi

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|rowspan=3|Nobusuke Kishi

|(41)

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|Hisato Ichimada

|July 10, 1957

|June 12, 1958

|42

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|Eisaku Satō

|June 12, 1958

|July 19, 1960

|43

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|Mikio Mizuta

|July 19, 1960

|July 18, 1962

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|rowspan=2|Hayato Ikeda

|rowspan=2|44

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|rowspan=2|Kakuei Tanaka

|rowspan=2|July 18, 1962

|rowspan=2|June 3, 1965

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|rowspan=5|Eisaku Satō

|45

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|Takeo Fukuda

|June 3, 1965

|December 3, 1966

|(43)

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|Mikio Mizuta

|December 3, 1966

|November 30, 1968

|(45)

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|Takeo Fukuda

|November 30, 1968

|July 5, 1971

|(43)

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|Mikio Mizuta

|July 5, 1971

|July 7, 1972

|46

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|Koshiro Ueki

|July 7, 1972

|December 22, 1972

!style="background-color: " rowspan=4|

|rowspan=4|Kakuei Tanaka

|47

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|Kiichi Aichi

|December 22, 1972

|November 23, 1973

|(45)

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|Takeo Fukuda

|November 25, 1973

|July 16, 1974

|rowspan=2|48

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|rowspan=2|Masayoshi Ōhira

|rowspan=2|July 16, 1974

|rowspan=2|December 24, 1976

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|Takeo Miki

|49

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|Hideo Bo

|December 24, 1976

|November 28, 1977

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|rowspan=2|Takeo Fukuda

|50

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|Tatsuo Murayama

|November 28, 1977

|December 7, 1978

|51

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|Ippei Kaneko

|December 7, 1978

|November 9, 1979

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|rowspan=2|Masayoshi Ōhira

|52

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|Noboru Takeshita

|November 9, 1979

|July 17, 1980

|53

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|Michio Watanabe

|July 17, 1980

|November 27, 1982

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|Zenkō Suzuki

|(52)

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|Noboru Takeshita

|November 27, 1982

|July 22, 1986

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|rowspan=2|Yasuhiro Nakasone

|rowspan=2|54

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|rowspan=2|Kiichi Miyazawa

|rowspan=2|July 22, 1986

|rowspan=2|December 9, 1988

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|rowspan=3|Noboru Takeshita

|(52)

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|Noboru Takeshita (Acting)

|December 9, 1988

|December 27, 1988

| '

|rowspan=2|(50)

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|rowspan=2|Tatsuo Murayama

|rowspan=2|December 27, 1988

|rowspan=2|August 10, 1989

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|Sosuke Uno

|55

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|Ryutaro Hashimoto

|August 10, 1989

|October 14, 1991

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|rowspan=2|Toshiki Kaifu

| -

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|Toshiki Kaifu (Acting)

|October 14, 1991

|November 5, 1991

| '

|56

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|Tsutomu Hata

|November 5, 1991

|December 12, 1992

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|rowspan=2|Kiichi Miyazawa

|57

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|Yoshiro Hayashi

|December 12, 1992

|August 9, 1993

|rowspan=2|58

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|rowspan=2|Hirohisa Fujii

|rowspan=2|August 9, 1993

|rowspan=2|June 30, 1994

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|Morihiro Hosokawa

!style="background-color: " |

|Tsutomu Hata

|59

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|Masayoshi Takemura

|June 30, 1994

|January 11, 1996

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|Tomiichi Murayama

|60

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|Wataru Kubo

|January 11, 1996

|November 7, 1996

!style="background-color: " rowspan=3|

|rowspan=3|Ryutaro Hashimoto

|61

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|Hiroshi Mitsuzuka

|November 7, 1996

|January 28, 1998

|62

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|Hikaru Matsunaga

|January 30, 1998

|July 30, 1998

|rowspan=2|(54)

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|rowspan=2|Kiichi Miyazawa

|rowspan=2|July 30, 1998

|rowspan=2|April 26, 2001

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|Keizo Obuchi

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|Yoshirō Mori

|63

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|Masajuro Shiokawa

|April 26, 2001

|September 22, 2003

!style="background-color: " rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2|Junichiro Koizumi

|64

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|Sadakazu Tanigaki

|September 22, 2003

|September 26, 2006

|65

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|Kōji Omi

|September 26, 2006

|August 27, 2007

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|rowspan=2|Shinzō Abe

|rowspan=2|66

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|rowspan=2|Fukushiro Nukaga

|rowspan=2|August 27, 2007

|rowspan=2|August 2, 2008

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|rowspan=2|Yasuo Fukuda

|67

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|Bunmei Ibuki

|August 2, 2008

|September 24, 2008

|68

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|Shōichi Nakagawa

|September 24, 2008

|February 18, 2009

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|rowspan=2|Tarō Asō

|69

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|Kaoru Yosano

|February 18, 2009

|September 16, 2009

|(58)

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|Hirohisa Fujii

|September 16, 2009

|January 6, 2010

!style="background-color: " rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2|Yukio Hatoyama

|70

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|Naoto Kan

|January 6, 2010

|June 8, 2010

|71

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|Yoshihiko Noda

|June 8, 2010

|September 2, 2011

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|Naoto Kan

|72

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|Jun Azumi

|September 2, 2011

|October 1, 2012

!style="background-color: " rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2|Yoshihiko Noda

|73

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|Koriki Jojima

|October 1, 2012

|December 26, 2012

|rowspan=2| 74

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|rowspan=2| Tarō Asō

|rowspan=2| December 26, 2012

|rowspan=2| October 4, 2021

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| Shinzō Abe

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| Yoshihide Suga

|75

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|Shun'ichi Suzuki

|October 4, 2021

|October 1, 2024

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| Fumio Kishida

|76

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|Katsunobu Katō

|October 1, 2024

|October 21, 2025

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|Shigeru Ishiba

|77

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|Satsuki Katayama

|October 21, 2025

|Incumbent

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|Sanae Takaichi

List of ministers

Prewar (1900–1946)

Postwar (1946–present)

References