Japanese ministries, etc.
Rulers
:
Japan
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
17 Aug 1945 - 17 Sep 1945 Mamoru Shigemitsu (2nd time) (b. 1887 - d. 1957)
17 Sep 1945 - 1 Jun 1947 Shigeru Yoshida (1st time) (b. 1878 - d. 1967)
1 Jun 1947 - 19 Oct 1948 Hitoshi Ashida (b. 1887 - d. 1959)
19 Oct 1948 - 30 Apr 1952 Shigeru Yoshida (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Apr 1952 - 10 Dec 1954 Katsuo Okazaki (b. 1897 - d. 1965)
10 Dec 1954 - 23 Dec 1956 Mamoru Shigemitsu (3rd time) (s.a.)
23 Dec 1956 - 10 Jul 1957 Nobusuke Kishi (b. 1896 - d. 1987)
10 Jul 1957 - 19 Jul 1960
Aiichiro Fujiyama
(b. 1897 - d. 1985)
19 Jul 1960 - 18 Jul 1962 Zentaro Kosaka (1st time) (b. 1912 - d. 2000)
18 Jul 1962 - 17 Jul 1964 Masayoshi Ohira (1st time) (b. 1910 - d. 1980)
17 Jul 1964 - 3 Dec 1966 Etsusaburo Shiina (b. 1898 - d. 1979)
3 Dec 1966 - 29 Oct 1968 Takeo Miki (b. 1907 - d. 1988)
29 Oct 1968 - 30 Nov 1968 Eisaku Sato (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
30 Nov 1968 - 5 Jul 1971 Kiichi Aichi (b. 1907 - d. 1973)
5 Jul 1971 - 7 Jul 1972 Takeo Fukuda (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
7 Jul 1972 - 16 Jul 1974 Masayoshi Ohira (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Jul 1974 - 9 Dec 1974 Toshio Kimura (b. 1909 - d. 1983)
9 Dec 1974 - 15 Sep 1976 Kiichi Miyazawa (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
15 Sep 1976 - 24 Dec 1976 Zentaro Kosaka (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Dec 1976 - 28 Nov 1977 Iichiro Hatoyama (b. 1918 - d. 1993)
28 Nov 1977 - 8 Nov 1979
Sunao Sonoda
(1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1984)
8 Nov 1979 - 17 Jul 1980
Saburo Okita
(b. 1914 - d. 1993)
17 Jul 1980 - 17 May 1981 Masayoshi Ito (b. 1915 - d. 1994)
17 May 1981 - 30 Nov 1981
Sunao Sonoda
(2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Nov 1981 - 27 Nov 1982 Yoshio Sakurauchi (b. 1912 - d. 2003)
27 Nov 1982 - 22 Jul 1986
Shintaro Abe
(b. 1924 - d. 1991)
22 Jul 1986 - 6 Nov 1987 Tadashi Kuranari (b. 1918 - d. 1996)
6 Nov 1987 - 3 Jun 1989 Sosuke Uno (b. 1922 - d. 1998)
3 Jun 1989 - 9 Aug 1989
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
(b. 1927 - d. 2004)
9 Aug 1989 - 5 Nov 1991 Taro Nakayama (b. 1924 - d. 2023)
5 Nov 1991 - 7 Apr 1993
Michio Watanabe
(b. 1923 - d. 1995)
7 Apr 1993 - 9 Aug 1993 Kabun Muto (b. 1926 - d. 2009)
9 Aug 1993 - 28 Apr 1994 Tsutomu Hata (b. 1935 - d. 2017)
28 Apr 1994 - 30 Jun 1994 Koji Kakizawa (b. 1933 - d. 2009)
30 Jun 1994 - 11 Jan 1996 Yohei Kono (1st time) (b. 1937)
11 Jan 1996 - 11 Sep 1997 Yukihiko Ikeda (b. 1937 - d. 2004)
11 Sep 1997 - 30 Jul 1998
Keizo Obuchi
(b. 1937 - d. 2000)
30 Jul 1998 - 5 Oct 1999
Masahiko Komura
(1st time) (b. 1942)
5 Oct 1999 - 26 Apr 2001 Yohei Kono (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Apr 2001 - 29 Jan 2002
Makiko Tanaka
(f) (b. 1944)
29 Jan 2002 - 1 Feb 2002 Junichiro Koizumi (b. 1942)
1 Feb 2002 - 27 Sep 2004 Yoriko Kawaguchi (f) (b. 1941)
27 Sep 2004 - 31 Oct 2005 Nobutaka Machimura (1st time) (b. 1944 - d. 2015)
31 Oct 2005 - 27 Aug 2007 Taro Aso (b. 1940)
27 Aug 2007 - 26 Sep 2007 Nobutaka Machimura (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Sep 2007 - 24 Sep 2008
Masahiko Komura
(2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Sep 2008 - 16 Sep 2009 Hirofumi Nakasone (b. 1945)
16 Sep 2009 - 17 Sep 2010 Katsuya Okada (b. 1953)
17 Sep 2010 - 7 Mar 2011 Seiji Maehara (b. 1962)
7 Mar 2011 - 9 Mar 2011 Yukio Edano (acting) (b. 1964)
9 Mar 2011 - 2 Sep 2011 Takeaki Matsumoto (b. 1959)
2 Sep 2011 - 26 Dec 2012 Koichiro Genba (b. 1964)
26 Dec 2012 - 3 Aug 2017 Fumio Kishida (1st time) (b. 1957)
3 Aug 2017 - 11 Sep 2019 Taro Kono (b. 1963)
11 Sep 2019 - 4 Nov 2021 Toshimitsu Motegi (b. 1955)
4 Nov 2021 - 10 Nov 2021 Fumio Kishida (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Nov 2021 - 13 Sep 2023 Yoshimasa Hayashi (b. 1961)
13 Sep 2023 - Yoko Kamikawa (f) (b. 1953)
Defense
Ministers of War
16 Aug 1945 - 23 Aug 1945 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (b. 1887 - d. 1990)
23 Aug 1945 - 30 Nov 1945 Sadamu Shimomura (b. 1887 - d. 1968)
Ministers of State, Directors-General of the Defense Agency
1 Jul 1954 - 10 Dec 1954 Tokutaro Kimura (b. 1886 - d. 1982)
10 Dec 1954 - 19 Mar 1955 Seiichi Omura (b. 1892 - d. 1968)
19 Mar 1955 - 31 Jul 1955 Arata Sugihara (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
31 Jul 1955 - 22 Nov 1955 Shigemasa Sunada (b. 1884 - d. 1957)
22 Nov 1955 - 23 Dec 1956 Naka Funada (b. 1895 - d. 1979)
23 Dec 1956 - 31 Jan 1957 Tanzan Ishibashi (b. 1884 - d. 1973)
31 Jan 1957 - 2 Feb 1957 Nobusuke Kishi (b. 1896 - d. 1987)
2 Feb 1957 - 10 Jul 1957 Akira Kodaki (b. 1904 - d. 1958)
10 Jul 1957 - 12 Jun 1958 Juichi Tsushima (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
12 Jun 1958 - 31 Dec 1958 Gisen Sato (b. 1899 - d. 1985)
12 Jan 1959 - 18 Jun 1959 Shigejiro Ino (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
18 Jun 1959 - 19 Jul 1960 Munenori Akagi (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
19 Jul 1960 - 8 Dec 1960 Masumi Esaki (1st time) (b. 1915 - d. 1996)
8 Dec 1960 - 18 Jul 1961 Naomi Nishimura (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
18 Jul 1961 - 18 Jul 1962 Sensuke Fujieda (b. 1907 - d. 1971)
18 Jul 1962 - 18 Jul 1963 Kenjiro Shiga (b. 1903 - d. 1994)
18 Jul 1963 - 17 Jul 1964 Tokuyasu Fukuda (b. 1906 - d. 1993)
17 Jul 1964 - 3 Jun 1965 Junya Koizumi (b. 1904 - d. 1969)
3 Jun 1965 - 31 Jul 1966 Raizo Matsuno (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
31 Jul 1966 - 3 Dec 1966 Eikichi Kanbayashiyama (b. 1904 - d. 1971)
3 Dec 1966 - 30 Nov 1968 Kaneshichi Masuda (b. 1898 - d. 1985)
30 Nov 1968 - 14 Jan 1970 Kiichi Arita (b. 1901 - d. 1986)
14 Jan 1970 - 5 Jul 1971 Yasuhiro Nakasone (b. 1918 - d. 2019)
5 Jul 1971 - 2 Aug 1971 Keikichi Masuhara (1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1985)
2 Aug 1971 - 3 Dec 1971 Naomi Nishimura (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Dec 1971 - 7 Jul 1972 Masumi Esaki (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Jul 1972 - 25 Nov 1973 Keikichi Masuhara (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Nov 1973 - 11 Nov 1974 Sadanori Yamanaka (b. 1921 - d. 2004)
11 Nov 1974 - 9 Dec 1974 Sosuke Uno (b. 1922 - d. 1998)
9 Dec 1974 - 24 Dec 1976 Michita Sakata (b. 1916 - d. 2004)
24 Dec 1976 - 28 Nov 1977 Asao Mihara (b. 1909 - d. 2001)
28 Nov 1977 - 8 Dec 1978 Shin Kanemaru (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
8 Dec 1978 - 8 Nov 1979 Ganri Yamashita (b. 1921 - d. 1994)
8 Nov 1979 - 3 Feb 1980 Enji Kubota (b. 1903 - d. 1998)
3 Feb 1980 - 17 Jul 1980 Kichizo Hosoda (b. 1912 - d. 2007)
17 Jul 1980 - 30 Nov 1981 Joji Omura (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
30 Nov 1981 - 27 Nov 1982 Soichiro Ito (b. 1924 - d. 2001)
27 Nov 1982 - 27 Dec 1983 Kazuo Tanikawa (b. 1930 - d. 2018)
27 Dec 1983 - 1 Nov 1984 Yuko Kurihara (1st time) (b. 1920 - d. 2010)
1 Nov 1984 - 22 Jul 1986 Koichi Kato (b. 1939 - d. 2016)
22 Jul 1986 - 6 Nov 1987 Yuko Kurihara (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Nov 1987 - 24 Aug 1988 Tsutomu Kawara (1st time) (b. 1937 - d. 2013)
24 Aug 1988 - 3 Jun 1989 Kichiro Tazawa (b. 1918 - d. 2001)
3 Jun 1989 - 9 Aug 1989 Taku Yamasaki (b. 1936)
9 Aug 1989 - 28 Feb 1990 Juro Matsumoto (b. 1918 - d. 2011)
28 Feb 1990 - 29 Dec 1990 Yozo Ishikawa (b. 1925 - d. 2014)
29 Dec 1990 - 5 Nov 1991 Yukihiko Ikeda (b. 1937 - d. 2004)
5 Nov 1991 - 12 Dec 1992 Sohei Miyashita (b. 1927 - d. 2013)
12 Dec 1992 - 9 Aug 1993 Toshio Nakayama (b. 1925 - d. 2004)
9 Aug 1993 - 2 Dec 1993 Keisuke Nakanishi (b. 1941 - d. 2002)
2 Dec 1993 - 28 Apr 1994 Kazuo Aichi (b. 1937 - d. 2024)
28 Apr 1994 - 30 Jun 1994 Atsushi Kanda (b. 1941)
30 Jun 1994 - 8 Aug 1995 Tokuichiro Tamazawa (b. 1937)
8 Aug 1995 - 11 Jan 1996 Seishiro Eto (b. 1941)
11 Jan 1996 - 7 Nov 1996 Hideo Usui (b. 1939)
7 Nov 1996 - 30 Jul 1998 Fumio Kyuma (1st time) (b. 1940)
30 Jul 1998 - 21 Nov 1998
Fukushiro Nukaga
(1st time) (b. 1944)
21 Nov 1998 - 5 Oct 1999 Hosei Norota (b. 1929 - d. 2019)
5 Oct 1999 - 4 Jul 2000 Tsutomu Kawara (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Jul 2000 - 5 Dec 2000 Kazuo Torashima (b. 1928 - d. 2005)
5 Dec 2000 - 26 Apr 2001 Toshitsugu Saito (b. 1944)
26 Apr 2001 - 30 Sep 2002 Gen Nakatani (b. 1957)
30 Sep 2002 - 27 Sep 2004 Shigeru Ishiba (b. 1957)
27 Sep 2004 - 31 Oct 2005 Yoshinori Ohno (b. 1935 - d. 2023)
31 Oct 2005 - 26 Sep 2006
Fukushiro Nukaga
(2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Sep 2006 - 9 Jan 2007 Fumio Kyuma (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ministers of Defense
9 Jan 2007 - 4 Jul 2007 Fumio Kyuma (s.a.)
4 Jul 2007 - 27 Aug 2007 Yuriko Koike (f) (b. 1952)
27 Aug 2007 - 26 Sep 2007
Masahiko Komura
(b. 1942)
26 Sep 2007 - 2 Aug 2008 Shigeru Ishiba (s.a.)
2 Aug 2008 - 24 Sep 2008 Yoshimasa Hayashi (b. 1961)
24 Sep 2008 - 16 Sep 2009 Yasukazu Hamada (1st time) (b. 1955)
16 Sep 2009 - 2 Sep 2011 Toshimi Kitazawa (b. 1938)
2 Sep 2011 - 13 Jan 2012 Yasuo Ichikawa (b. 1942)
13 Jan 2012 - 4 Jun 2012 Naoki Tanaka (b. 1940)
4 Jun 2012 - 26 Dec 2012 Satoshi Morimoto (b. 1941)
26 Dec 2012 - 3 Sep 2014 Itsunori Onodera (1st time) (b. 1960)
3 Sep 2014 - 24 Dec 2014 Akinori Eto (b. 1955)
24 Dec 2014 - 3 Aug 2016 Gen Nakatani (s.a.)
3 Aug 2016 - 28 Jul 2017 Tomomi Inada (f) (b. 1959)
28 Jul 2017 - 3 Aug 2017 Fumio Kishida (acting) (b. 1957)
3 Aug 2017 - 2 Oct 2018 Itsunori Onodera (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Oct 2018 - 11 Sep 2019 Takeshi Iwaya (b. 1957)
11 Sep 2019 - 16 Sep 2020 Taro Kono (b. 1963)
16 Sep 2020 - 10 Aug 2022 Nobuo Kishi (b. 1959)
10 Aug 2022 - 13 Sep 2023 Yasukazu Hamada (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Sep 2023 - Minoru Kihara (b. 1969)
Finance
Ministers
17 Aug 1945 - 9 Oct 1945 Juichi Tsushima (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
9 Oct 1945 - 22 May 1946 Keizo Shibusawa (b. 1896 - d. 1963)
22 May 1946 - 1 Jun 1947 Tanzan Ishibashi (b. 1884 - d. 1973)
1 Jun 1947 - 24 Jun 1947 Shotaro Yano (b. 1886 - d. 1949)
24 Jun 1947 - 10 Mar 1948 Takeo Kurusu (b. 1895 - d. 1966)
10 Mar 1948 - 19 Oct 1948 Tokutaro Kitamura (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
19 Oct 1948 - 14 Dec 1948 Sanroku Izumiyama (b. 1896 - d. 1981)
14 Dec 1948 - 16 Feb 1949 Shinzo Oya (b. 1894 - d. 1980)
16 Feb 1949 - 30 Oct 1952 Hayato Ikeda (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1965)
30 Oct 1952 - 21 May 1953 Tadaharu Mukai (b. 1885 - d. 1982)
21 May 1953 - 10 Dec 1954 Sankuro Ogasawara (b. 1885 - d. 1967)
10 Dec 1954 - 23 Dec 1956 Hisato Ichimada (1st time) (b. 1893 - d. 1984)
23 Dec 1956 - 10 Jul 1957 Hayato Ikeda (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jul 1957 - 12 Jun 1958 Hisato Ichimada (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Jun 1958 - 19 Jul 1960 Eisaku Sato (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
19 Jul 1960 - 18 Jul 1962 Mikio Mizuta (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1976)
18 Jul 1962 - 3 Jun 1965 Kakuei Tanaka (b. 1918 - d. 1993)
3 Jun 1965 - 3 Dec 1966 Takeo Fukuda (1st time) (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
3 Dec 1966 - 30 Nov 1968 Mikio Mizuta (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Nov 1968 - 5 Jul 1971 Takeo Fukuda (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jul 1971 - 7 Jul 1972 Mikio Mizuta (3rd time) (s.a.)
7 Jul 1972 - 22 Dec 1972 Koshiro Ueki (b. 1900 - d. 1980)
22 Dec 1972 - 23 Nov 1973 Kiichi Aichi (b. 1907 - d. 1973)
25 Nov 1973 - 16 Jul 1974 Takeo Fukuda (3rd time) (s.a.)
16 Jul 1974 - 24 Dec 1976 Masayoshi Ohira (b. 1910 - d. 1980)
24 Dec 1976 - 28 Nov 1977 Hideo Bo (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
28 Nov 1977 - 8 Dec 1978 Tatsuo Murayama (1st time) (b. 1915 - d. 2010)
8 Dec 1978 - 8 Nov 1979 Ippei Kaneko (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
8 Nov 1979 - 17 Jul 1980 Noboru Takeshita (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 2000)
17 Jul 1980 - 27 Nov 1982 Michio Watanabe (b. 1923 - d. 1995)
27 Nov 1982 - 22 Jul 1986 Noboru Takeshita (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Jul 1986 - 9 Dec 1988 Kiichi Miyazawa (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
9 Dec 1988 - 27 Dec 1988 Noboru Takeshita (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
27 Dec 1988 - 9 Aug 1989 Tatsuo Murayama (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Aug 1989 - 18 Oct 1991 Ryutaro Hashimoto (b. 1937 - d. 2006)
18 Oct 1991 - 5 Nov 1991 Toshiki Kaifu (acting) (b. 1931 - d. 2022)
5 Nov 1991 - 12 Dec 1992 Tsutomu Hata (b. 1935 - d. 2017)
12 Dec 1992 - 9 Aug 1993 Yoshiro Hayashi (b. 1927 - d. 2017)
9 Aug 1993 - 30 Jun 1994 Hirohisa Fujii (1st time) (b. 1932 - d. 2022)
30 Jun 1994 - 11 Jan 1996 Masayoshi Takemura (b. 1934 - d. 2022)
11 Jan 1996 - 7 Nov 1996 Wataru Kubo (b. 1929 - d. 2003)
7 Nov 1996 - 30 Jan 1998
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
(b. 1927 - d. 2004)
30 Jan 1998 - 30 Jul 1998 Hikaru Matsunaga (b. 1928 - d. 2022)
30 Jul 1998 - 26 Apr 2001 Kiichi Miyazawa (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Apr 2001 - 22 Sep 2003 Masajuro Shiokawa (b. 1921 - d. 2015)
22 Sep 2003 - 26 Sep 2006 Sadakazu Tanigaki (b. 1945)
26 Sep 2006 - 27 Aug 2007 Koji Omi (b. 1932 - d. 2022)
27 Aug 2007 - 2 Aug 2008
Fukushiro Nukaga
(b. 1944)
2 Aug 2008 - 24 Sep 2008 Bunmei Ibuki (b. 1938)
24 Sep 2008 - 17 Feb 2009 Shoichi Nakagawa (b. 1953 - d. 2009)
17 Feb 2009 - 16 Sep 2009 Kaoru Yosano (b. 1938 - d. 2017)
16 Sep 2009 - 7 Jan 2010 Hirohisa Fujii (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Jan 2010 - 8 Jun 2010 Naoto Kan (b. 1946)
8 Jun 2010 - 2 Sep 2011 Yoshihiko Noda (b. 1957)
2 Sep 2011 - 1 Oct 2012 Jun Azumi (b. 1962)
1 Oct 2012 - 26 Dec 2012 Koriki Jojima (b. 1947)
26 Dec 2012 - 4 Oct 2021 Taro Aso (b. 1940)
4 Oct 2021 - Shunichi Suzuki (b. 1953)
Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministers
- Home Affairs -
17 Aug 1945 - 9 Oct 1945 Iwao Yamazaki (b. 1894 - d. 1968)
9 Oct 1945 - 13 Jan 1946 Zenjiro Horikiri (b. 1884 - d. 1979)
13 Jan 1946 - 22 May 1946 Chuzo Mitsuchi (b. 1871 - d. 1948)
22 May 1946 - 31 Jan 1947 Seiichi Omura (b. 1892 - d. 1968)
31 Jan 1947 - 1 Jun 1947 Etsujiro Uehara (b. 1877 - d. 1962)
1 Jun 1947 - 27 Dec 1947 Kozaemon Kimura (b. 1888 - d. 1952)
Directors-general
- Local Autonomy Agency -
1 Jun 1949 - 24 Jan 1950 Kozaemon Kimura (b. 1888 - d. 1952)
24 Jan 1950 - 28 Jun 1950 Ichiro Honda (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1959)
28 Jun 1950 - 1 Aug 1952 Kiyohide Okano (b. 1890 - d. 1981)
- Autonomy Agency -
1 Aug 1952 - 30 Oct 1952 Kiyohide Okano (s.a.)
30 Oct 1952 - 21 May 1953 Ichiro Honda (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 May 1953 - 10 Dec 1954 Juichiro Tsukada (b. 1904 - d. 1997)
10 Dec 1954 - 19 Mar 1955 Takao Nishida (b. 1901 - d. 1967)
19 Mar 1955 - 22 Nov 1955 Shojiro Kawashima (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
22 Nov 1955 - 23 Dec 1956 Masataka Ota (b. 1886 - d. 1982)
23 Dec 1956 - 10 Jul 1957 Isaji Tanaka (b. 1906 - d. 1987)
10 Jul 1957 - 12 Jun 1958 Yuichi Kori (b. 1902 - d. 1983)
12 Jun 1958 - 28 Oct 1958 Tadashi Aoki (1st time) (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
28 Oct 1958 - 12 Jan 1959 Kiichi Aichi (b. 1907 - d. 1973)
12 Jan 1959 - 18 Jun 1959 Tadashi Aoki (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Jun 1959 - 30 Jun 1960 Kanichiro Ishihara (b. 1903 - d. 1989)
Ministers
- Local Autonomy (also called Home Affairs) -
1 Jul 1960 - 19 Jul 1960 Kanichiro Ishihara (s.a.)
19 Jul 1960 - 13 Oct 1960 Iwao Yamazaki (s.a.)
13 Oct 1960 - 8 Dec 1960 Hideo Suto (b. 1898 - d. 1981)
8 Dec 1960 - 18 Jul 1962 Ken Yasui (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
18 Jul 1962 - 18 Jul 1963 Kosaku Shinoda (b. 1899 - d. 1981)
18 Jul 1963 - 25 Mar 1964 Takashi Hayakawa (b. 1916 - d. 1982)
25 Mar 1964 - 18 Jul 1964 Masamichi Akazawa (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 1982)
18 Jul 1964 - 3 Jun 1965 Eichi Yoshitake (b. 1903 - d. 1988)
3 Jun 1965 - 31 Jul 1966 Tadanori Nagayama (b. 1897 - d. 1984)
31 Jul 1966 - 3 Dec 1966 Shunji Shiomi (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
3 Dec 1966 - 25 Nov 1967 Sensuke Fujieda (b. 1907 - d. 1971)
25 Nov 1967 - 30 Nov 1968 Masamichi Akazawa (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Nov 1968 - 14 Jan 1970 Takeo Noda (b. 1895 - d. 1972)
14 Jan 1970 - 5 Jul 1971 Daisuke Akita (b. 1906 - d. 1988)
5 Jul 1971 - 7 Jul 1972 Motosaburo Tokai (b. 1915 - d. 1985)
7 Jul 1972 - 22 Dec 1972 Hajime Fukuda (1st time) (b. 1902 - d. 1997)
22 Dec 1972 - 25 Nov 1973 Masumi Esaki (b. 1915 - d. 1996)
25 Nov 1973 - 11 Nov 1974 Kingo Machimura (b. 1900 - d. 1992)
11 Nov 1974 - 15 Sep 1976 Hajime Fukuda (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1976 - 24 Dec 1976 Kimiyoshi Amano (b. 1921 - d. 1990)
24 Dec 1976 - 28 Nov 1977 Heiji Ogawa (b. 1910 - d. 1993)
28 Nov 1977 - 8 Dec 1978 Takenori Kato (b. 1915 - d. 2000)
8 Dec 1978 - 8 Nov 1979 Naozo Shibuya (b. 1916 - d. 1985)
8 Nov 1979 - 17 Jul 1980 Masaharu Gotoda (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
17 Jul 1980 - 16 Dec 1980 Jiro Ishiba (b. 1908 - d. 1981)
16 Dec 1980 - 30 Nov 1981 Tokichi Abiko (b. 1904 - d. 1992)
30 Nov 1981 - 27 Nov 1982 Masataka Seko (b. 1923 - d. 1998)
27 Nov 1982 - 27 Dec 1983 Sachio Yamamoto (b. 1911 - d. 2007)
27 Dec 1983 - 1 Nov 1984 Seiichi Tagawa (b. 1918 - d. 2009)
1 Nov 1984 - 28 Dec 1985 Toru Furuya (b. 1909 - d. 1991)
28 Dec 1985 - 22 Jul 1986
Ichiro Ozawa
(b. 1942)
22 Jul 1986 - 6 Nov 1987 Nobuyuki Hanashi (b. 1928 - d. 2021)
6 Nov 1987 - 27 Dec 1988 Seiroku Kajiyama (b. 1926 - d. 2000)
27 Dec 1988 - 9 Aug 1989 Shigenobu Sakano (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
9 Aug 1989 - 28 Feb 1990 Kozo Watanabe (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
28 Feb 1990 - 29 Dec 1990 Keiwa Okuda (b. 1927 - d. 1998)
29 Dec 1990 - 5 Nov 1991 Akira Fukida (b. 1927 - d. 2017)
5 Nov 1991 - 12 Dec 1992 Masajuro Shiokawa (b. 1921 - d. 2015)
12 Dec 1992 - 9 Aug 1993 Keijiro Murata (b. 1924 - d. 2003)
9 Aug 1993 - 28 Apr 1994 Kanju Sato (b. 1942)
28 Apr 1994 - 30 Jun 1994 Hajime Ishii (b. 1934 - d. 2022)
30 Jun 1994 - 8 Aug 1995 Hiromu Nonaka (b. 1925 - d. 2018)
8 Aug 1995 - 11 Jan 1996 Takashi Fukaya (b. 1935)
11 Jan 1996 - 7 Nov 1996 Hiroyuki Kurata (b. 1938 - d. 2020)
7 Nov 1996 - 11 Sep 1997 Katsuhiko Shirakawa (b. 1945 - d. 2019)
11 Sep 1997 - 30 Jul 1998 Mitsuhiro Uesugi (b. 1942)
30 Jul 1998 - 14 Jan 1999 Mamoru Nishida (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
14 Jan 1999 - 5 Oct 1999 Takeshi Noda (b. 1941)
5 Oct 1999 - 4 Jul 2000 Kosuke Hori (b. 1934 - d. 2023)
4 Jul 2000 - 5 Dec 2000 Mamoru Nishida (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Dec 2000 - 6 Jan 2001 Toranosuke Katayama (b. 1935)
- Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications -
6 Jan 2001 - 22 Sep 2003 Toranosuke Katayama (s.a.)
22 Sep 2003 - 10 Sep 2004 Taro Aso (b. 1940)
- Internal Affairs and Communications -
10 Sep 2004 - 31 Oct 2005 Taro Aso (s.a.)
31 Oct 2005 - 26 Sep 2006 Heizo Takenaka (b. 1951)
26 Sep 2006 - 27 Aug 2007 Yoshihide Suga (b. 1948)
27 Aug 2007 - 24 Sep 2008 Hiroya Masuda (b. 1951)
24 Sep 2008 - 12 Jun 2009 Kunio Hatoyama (b. 1948 - d. 2016)
12 Jun 2009 - 16 Sep 2009 Tsutomu Sato (b. 1952)
16 Sep 2009 - 17 Sep 2010 Kazuhiro Haraguchi (b. 1959)
17 Sep 2010 - 2 Sep 2011 Yoshihiro Katayama (b. 1951)
2 Sep 2011 - 1 Oct 2012 Tatsuo Kawabata (b. 1945)
1 Oct 2012 - 26 Dec 2012 Shinji Tarutoko (b. 1959)
26 Dec 2012 - 3 Sep 2014 Yoshitaka Shindo (b. 1958)
3 Sep 2014 - 3 Aug 2017 Sanae Takaichi (f) (1st time) (b. 1961)
3 Aug 2017 - 2 Oct 2018 Seiko Noda (f) (b. 1960)
2 Oct 2018 - 11 Sep 2019 Masatoshi Ishida (b. 1952)
11 Sep 2019 - 16 Sep 2020 Sanae Takaichi (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Sep 2020 - 4 Oct 2021 Ryota Takeda (b. 1968)
4 Oct 2021 - 10 Aug 2022 Yasushi Kaneko (b. 1961)
10 Aug 2022 - 21 Nov 2022 Minoru Terada (b. 1958)
21 Nov 2022 - 13 Sep 2023 Takeaki Matsumoto (1st time) (b. 1959)
13 Sep 2023 - 14 Dec 2023 Junji Suzuki (b. 1958)
14 Dec 2023 - Takeaki Matsumoto (2nd time) (s.a.)
Justice
Ministers
17 Aug 1945 - 22 May 1946 Chuzo Iwata (b. 1875 - d. 1966)
22 May 1946 - 1 Jun 1947 Tokutaro Kimura (1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1982)
1 Jun 1947 - 15 Feb 1948 Yoshio Suzuki (b. 1894 - d. 1963)
Attorneys-general
15 Feb 1948 - 15 Oct 1948 Yoshio Suzuki (s.a.)
15 Oct 1948 - 9 Nov 1948 Shigeru Yoshida (b. 1878 - d. 1967)
9 Nov 1948 - 28 Jun 1950 Shunkichi Ueda (b. 1890 - d. 1960)
28 Jun 1950 - 26 Dec 1951 Takeo Ohashi (b. 1904 - d. 1981)
26 Dec 1951 - 1 Aug 1952 Tokutaro Kimura (s.a.)
Ministers
1 Aug 1952 - 30 Oct 1952 Tokutaro Kimura (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Oct 1952 - 22 Apr 1954 Takeru Inukai (b. 1896 - d. 1960)
22 Apr 1954 - 21 Jun 1954 Ryogoro Kato (b. 1883 - d. 1970)
21 Jun 1954 - 10 Dec 1954 Naoshi Ohara (b. 1877 - d. 1966)
10 Dec 1954 - 22 Nov 1955 Shiro Hanamura (b. 1891 - d. 1963)
22 Nov 1955 - 23 Dec 1956 Ryozo Makino (b. 1885 - d. 1961)
23 Dec 1956 - 10 Jul 1957 Umekichi Nakamura (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1984)
10 Jul 1957 - 12 Jun 1958 Toshiki Karasawa (b. 1891 - d. 1967)
12 Jun 1958 - 18 Jun 1959 Kiichi Aichi (b. 1907 - d. 1973)
18 Jun 1959 - 19 Jul 1960 Hiroya Ino (b. 1891 - d. 1980)
19 Jul 1960 - 8 Dec 1960 Tetsuzo Kojima (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
8 Dec 1960 - 18 Jul 1962 Koshiro Ueki (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1980)
18 Jul 1962 - 18 Jul 1963 Kunio Nakagaki (b. 1911 - d. 1987)
18 Jul 1963 - 17 Jul 1964 Okinori Kaya (b. 1889 - d. 1977)
17 Jul 1964 - 3 Jun 1965 Hitoshi Takahashi (b. 1903 - d. 1965)
3 Jun 1965 - 3 Dec 1966 Mitsujiro Ishii (b. 1889 - d. 1981)
3 Dec 1966 - 25 Nov 1967 Isaji Tanaka (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1987)
25 Nov 1967 - 30 Nov 1968 Bunzo Akama (b. 1899 - d. 1973)
30 Nov 1968 - 14 Jan 1970 Kichinosuke Saigo (b. 1906 - d. 1997)
14 Jan 1970 - 9 Feb 1971 Takeji Kobayashi (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
9 Feb 1971 - 17 Feb 1971 Daisuke Akita (b. 1906 - d. 1988)
17 Feb 1971 - 5 Jul 1971 Koshiro Ueki (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jul 1971 - 7 Jul 1972 Shigesaburo Maeo (b. 1905 - d. 1981)
7 Jul 1972 - 22 Dec 1972 Yuichi Kori (b. 1902 - d. 1983)
22 Dec 1972 - 25 Nov 1973 Isaji Tanaka (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Nov 1973 - 11 Nov 1974 Umekichi Nakamura (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Nov 1974 - 9 Dec 1974 Seigo Hamano (b. 1898 - d. 1990)
9 Dec 1974 - 24 Dec 1976 Osamu Inaba (b. 1909 - d. 1992)
24 Dec 1976 - 4 Oct 1977 Hajime Fukuda (b. 1902 - d. 1997)
4 Oct 1977 - 8 Dec 1978 Mitsuo Setoyama (b. 1904 - d. 1997)
8 Dec 1978 - 8 Nov 1979 Yoshimi Furui (b. 1903 - d. 1995)
8 Nov 1979 - 17 Jul 1980 Tadao Kuraishi (b. 1900 - d. 1986)
17 Jul 1980 - 30 Nov 1981 Seisuke Okuno (b. 1913 - d. 2016)
30 Nov 1981 - 27 Nov 1982 Michita Sakata (b. 1916 - d. 2004)
27 Nov 1982 - 27 Dec 1983 Akira Hatano (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
27 Dec 1983 - 1 Nov 1984 Eisaku Sumi (b. 1920 - d. 1986)
1 Nov 1984 - 28 Dec 1985 Hitoshi Shimasaki (b. 1923 - d. 1997)
28 Dec 1985 - 22 Jul 1986 Seigo Suzuki (b. 1911 - d. 1999)
22 Jul 1986 - 6 Nov 1987 Kaname Endo (b. 1915 - d. 2010)
6 Nov 1987 - 27 Dec 1988 Yukio Hayashida (b. 1915 - d. 2007)
27 Dec 1988 - 30 Dec 1988 Takashi Hasegawa (b. 1912 - d. 1992)
30 Dec 1988 - 3 Jun 1989 Masami Takatsuji (b. 1910 - d. 1997)
3 Jun 1989 - 9 Aug 1989 Kazuo Tanikawa (b. 1930 - d. 2018)
9 Aug 1989 - 28 Feb 1990 Masao Goto (b. 1913 - d. 2000)
28 Feb 1990 - 13 Sep 1990 Shin Hasegawa (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
13 Sep 1990 - 29 Dec 1990 Seiroku Kajiyama (b. 1926 - d. 2000)
29 Dec 1990 - 5 Nov 1991 Megumu Sato (b. 1924 - d. 2021)
5 Nov 1991 - 12 Dec 1992 Takashi Tawara (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
12 Dec 1992 - 9 Aug 1993 Masaharu Gotoda (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
9 Aug 1993 - 28 Apr 1994 Akira Mikazuki (b. 1921 - d. 2010)
28 Apr 1994 - 8 May 1994 Shigeto Nagano (b. 1922 - d. 2010)
8 May 1994 - 30 Jun 1994 Hiroshi Nakai (b. 1942 - d. 2017)
30 Jun 1994 - 8 Aug 1995 Isao Maeda (b. 1943 - d. 2016)
8 Aug 1995 - 9 Oct 1995 Tomoharu Tazawa (b. 1932 - d. 2006)
9 Oct 1995 - 11 Jan 1996 Hiroshi Miyazawa (b. 1921 - d. 2012)
11 Jan 1996 - 7 Nov 1996 Ritsuko Nagao (f) (b. 1933)
7 Nov 1996 - 11 Sep 1997 Isao Matsuura (b. 1923 - d. 2002)
11 Sep 1997 - 30 Jul 1998 Kokichi Shimoinaba (b. 1926 - d. 2014)
30 Jul 1998 - 8 Mar 1999 Shozaburo Nakamura (b. 1934 - d. 2023)
8 Mar 1999 - 5 Oct 1999 Takao Jinnouchi (b. 1933)
5 Oct 1999 - 4 Jul 2000 Hideo Usui (b. 1939)
4 Jul 2000 - 5 Dec 2000 Okiharu Yasuoka (1st time) (b. 1939 - d. 2019)
5 Dec 2000 - 26 Apr 2001
Masahiko Komura
(b. 1942)
26 Apr 2001 - 22 Sep 2003 Mayumi Moriyama (f) (b. 1927 - d. 2021)
22 Sep 2003 - 27 Sep 2004 Daizo Nozawa (b. 1933)
27 Sep 2004 - 31 Oct 2005 Chieko Nohno (f) (b. 1935)
31 Oct 2005 - 26 Sep 2006 Seiken Sugiura (b. 1934)
26 Sep 2006 - 27 Aug 2007 Jinen Nagase (b. 1943)
27 Aug 2007 - 2 Aug 2008 Kunio Hatoyama (b. 1948 - d. 2016)
2 Aug 2008 - 24 Sep 2008 Okiharu Yasuoka (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Sep 2008 - 16 Sep 2009 Eisuke Mori (b. 1948)
16 Sep 2009 - 17 Sep 2010 Keiko Chiba (f) (b. 1948)
17 Sep 2010 - 22 Nov 2010 Minoru Yanagida (b. 1954)
22 Nov 2010 - 14 Jan 2011 Yoshito Sengoku (b. 1946 - d. 2018)
14 Jan 2011 - 2 Sep 2011 Satsuki Eda (b. 1941 - d. 2021)
2 Sep 2011 - 13 Jan 2012 Hideo Hiraoka (b. 1954)
13 Jan 2012 - 4 Jun 2012 Toshio Ogawa (b. 1948)
4 Jun 2012 - 1 Oct 2012 Makoto Taki (1st time) (b. 1938)
1 Oct 2012 - 24 Oct 2012 Keishu Tanaka (b. 1938 - d. 2022)
24 Oct 2012 - 26 Dec 2012 Makoto Taki (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Dec 2012 - 3 Sep 2014 Sadakazu Tanigaki (b. 1945)
3 Sep 2014 - 20 Oct 2014 Midori Matsushima (f) (b. 1956)
20 Oct 2014 - 7 Oct 2015 Yoko Kamikawa (f) (1st time) (b. 1953)
7 Oct 2015 - 3 Aug 2016 Mitsuhide Iwaki (b. 1949)
3 Aug 2016 - 3 Aug 2017 Katsutoshi Kaneda (b. 1949)
3 Aug 2017 - 2 Oct 2018 Yoko Kamikawa (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Oct 2018 - 11 Sep 2019 Takashi Yamashita (b. 1965)
11 Sep 2019 - 31 Oct 2019 Katsuyuki Kawai (b. 1963)
31 Oct 2019 - 16 Sep 2020 Masako Mori (f) (b. 1964)
16 Sep 2020 - 4 Oct 2021 Yoko Kamikawa (f) (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Oct 2021 - 10 Aug 2022 Yoshihisa Furukawa (b. 1965)
10 Aug 2022 - 11 Nov 2022 Yasuhiro Hanashi (b. 1959)
11 Nov 2022 - 13 Sep 2023 Ken Saito (b. 1959)
13 Sep 2023 - Ryuji Koizumi (b. 1952)
Parliament
House of Representatives
Speakers
23 May 1946 - 24 Aug 1946 Senzo Higai (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
24 Aug 1946 - 21 May 1947 Takeshi Yamazaki (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
21 May 1947 - 11 Feb 1949 Komakichi Matsuoka (b. 1888 - d. 1958)
11 Feb 1949 - 10 Mar 1951 Kijuro Shidehara (b. 1872 - d. 1951)
13 Mar 1951 - 26 Aug 1952 Joji Hayashi (b. 1889 - d. 1960)
26 Aug 1952 - 18 May 1953 Bamboko Ohno (b. 1890 - d. 1964)
18 May 1953 - 11 Dec 1954 Kojiro Tsutsumi (b. 1889 - d. 1964)
11 Dec 1954 - 18 Mar 1955 To Matsunaga (b. 1887 - d. 1968)
18 Mar 1955 - 11 Jun 1958 Shuji Masutani (b. 1888 - d. 1973)
11 Jun 1958 - 13 Dec 1958 Niro Hoshijima (b. 1887 - d. 1980)
13 Dec 1958 - 1 Feb 1960 Ryogoro Kato (b. 1883 - d. 1970)
1 Feb 1960 - 7 Dec 1963 Ichiro Kiyose (b. 1884 - d. 1967)
7 Dec 1963 - 20 Dec 1965 Naka Funada (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1979)
20 Dec 1965 - 3 Dec 1966 Kikuichiro Yamaguchi (b. 1897 - d. 1981)
3 Dec 1966 - 15 Feb 1967 Kentaro Ayabe (b. 1890 - d. 1972)
15 Feb 1967 - 16 Jul 1969 Mitsujiro Ishii (b. 1889 - d. 1981)
16 Jul 1969 - 14 Jan 1970 Takechiyo Matsuda (b. 1888 - d. 1980)
14 Jan 1970 - 22 Dec 1972 Naka Funada (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1972 - 29 May 1973 Umekichi Nakamura (b. 1901 - d. 1984)
29 May 1973 - 24 Dec 1976 Shigesaburo Maeo (b. 1905 - d. 1981)
24 Dec 1976 - 1 Feb 1979 Shigeru Hori (b. 1901 - d. 1979)
1 Feb 1979 - 17 Jul 1980 Hirokichi Nadao (b. 1899 - d. 1994)
17 Jul 1980 - 26 Dec 1983 Hajime Fukuda (b. 1902 - d. 1997)
26 Dec 1983 - 24 Jan 1985 Kenji Fukunaga (b. 1910 - d. 1988)
24 Jan 1985 - 22 Jul 1986 Michita Sakata (b. 1916 - d. 2004)
22 Jul 1986 - 2 Jun 1989 Kenzaburo Hara (b. 1907 - d. 2004)
2 Jun 1989 - 27 Feb 1990 Hajime Tamura (b. 1924 - d. 2014)
27 Feb 1990 - 6 Aug 1993 Yoshio Sakurauchi (b. 1912 - d. 2003)
6 Aug 1993 - 7 Nov 1996
Takako Doi
(f) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
7 Nov 1996 - 4 Jul 2000 Soichiro Ito (b. 1924 - d. 2001)
4 Jul 2000 - 19 Nov 2003 Tamisuke Watanuki (b. 1927)
19 Nov 2003 - 16 Sep 2009 Yohei Kono (b. 1937)
16 Sep 2009 - 26 Dec 2012 Takahiro Yokomichi (b. 1941 - d. 2023)
26 Dec 2012 - 24 Dec 2014 Bunmei Ibuki (b. 1938)
24 Dec 2014 - 21 Apr 2015 Nobutaka Machimura (b. 1944 - d. 2015)
21 Apr 2015 - 10 Nov 2021 Tadamori Oshima (b. 1946)
10 Nov 2021 - 20 Oct 2023 Hiroyuki Hosoda (b. 1944 - d. 2023)
20 Oct 2023 -
Fukushiro Nukaga
(b. 1944)
House of Councillors
Presidents
20 May 1947 - 14 Nov 1949 Tsuneo Matsudaira (b. 1877 - d. 1949)
15 Nov 1949 - 19 May 1953 Naotake Sato (b. 1882 - d. 1971)
19 May 1953 - 3 Apr 1956 Yahachi Kawai (b. 1877 - d. 1960)
3 Apr 1956 - 6 Aug 1962 Tsuruhei Matsuno (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
6 Aug 1962 - 17 Jul 1971 Yuzo Shigemune (b. 1894 - d. 1976)
17 Jul 1971 - 28 Jul 1977 Kenzo Kono (b. 1901 - d. 1983)
28 Jul 1977 - 17 Jul 1980 Ken Yasui (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
17 Jul 1980 - 18 Jul 1983 Masatoshi Tokunaga (b. 1913 - d. 1990)
18 Jul 1983 - 22 Jul 1986 Mutsuo Kimura (b. 1913 - d. 2001)
22 Jul 1986 - 30 Sep 1988 Masaaki Fujita (b. 1922 - d. 1996)
30 Sep 1988 - 4 Oct 1991 Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (b. 1926 - d. 2008)
4 Oct 1991 - 7 Aug 1992 Yuji Osada (b. 1917 - d. 2003)
7 Aug 1992 - 4 Aug 1995 Bunbei Hara (b. 1913 - d. 1999)
4 Aug 1995 - 19 Oct 2000 Juro Saito (b. 1940)
19 Oct 2000 - 22 Apr 2002 Yutaka Inoue (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
22 Apr 2002 - 30 Jul 2004 Hiroyuki Kurata (b. 1938 - d. 2020)
30 Jul 2004 - 7 Aug 2007 Chikage Ogi (f) (b. 1933)
7 Aug 2007 - 30 Jul 2010 Satsuki Eda (b. 1941 - d. 2021)
30 Jul 2010 - 5 Nov 2011 Takeo Nishioka (b. 1936 - d. 2011)
14 Nov 2011 - 2 Aug 2013 Kenji Hirata (b. 1944)
2 Aug 2013 - 1 Aug 2016 Masaaki Yamazaki (b. 1942)
1 Aug 2016 - 1 Aug 2019 Chuichi Date (b. 1939)
1 Aug 2019 - 3 Aug 2022 Akiko Santo (f) (b. 1942)
3 Aug 2022 - Hidehisa Otsuji (b. 1940)