Current Cabinet Offices
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
1985 – 1986
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
1988 – 1989
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1993
Yoshio Yatsu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1934; d. June 3 2021.
2000 – 2001
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1945; d. May 28 2007.
2006 – 2007
Takehiko Endo
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1945; d. May 28 2007.
2007
Seiichi Ota
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1945; d. December 4 2024.
2008
Shigeru Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1957.
2008 – 2009
Hirotaka Akamatsu
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1948.
2009 – 2010
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2012 – 2014
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2015
Hiroshi Moriyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1945.
2015 – 2016
Cabinet Secretariat
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1971 – 1972
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1974
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1980 – 1982
Yōhei Kōno
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1937.
1992 – 1993
Koken Nosaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1924; d. April 18 2004.
1995 – 1996
Seiroku Kajiyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1926; d. June 6 2000.
1996 – 1997
Yasuo Fukuda
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1936.
2000 – 2004
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
2005 – 2006
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
2007 – 2008
Yoshihide Suga
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1948.
2012 – 2020
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2023 – present
Ministry of Defence
Director-General of the Japan Defence Agency
Gen Nakatani
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1957.
2001 – 2002
Shigeru Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1957.
2002 – 2004
Yoshinori Ohno
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1935; d. July 16 2023.
2004 – 2005
Minister of Defence
Masahiko Kōmura
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1942.
2007
Shigeru Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1957.
2007 – 2008
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2008
Naoki Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1940.
2012
Itsunori Onodera
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1960.
2012 – 2014
Gen Nakatani
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1957.
2014 – 2016
Fumio Kishida (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1957.
2017
Itsunori Onodera
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1960.
2017 – 2018
Takeshi Iwaya
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1957.
2018 – 2019
Taro Kono
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1963.
2019 – 2020
Gen Nakatani
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1957.
2024 – present
Digital Agency
Minister for Digital Transformation
Taro Kono
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1963.
2022 – 2024
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1962 – 1964
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1966 – 1968
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1977 – 1978
Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry
Toshimitsu Motegi
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1955.
2012 – 2014
Kōichi Hagiuda
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1963.
2021 – 2022
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Minister of Education
Prince Katsura Tarō
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1848; d. October 10 1913.
1905 – 1906
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1976 – 1977
Yoshirō Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1937.
1983 – 1984
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1985 – 1986
Kosuke Hori
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1934; d. November 4 2023.
1990
Minister of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
1997 – 1998
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
2000 – 2001
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
2001
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2017 – 2018
Kōichi Hagiuda
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1963.
2019 – 2021
Ministry of the Environment
Minister of the Environment
Shun’ichi Suzuki
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1953.
2002 – 2003
Tetsuo Saito
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1952.
2008 – 2009
Nobuteru Ishihara
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1957.
2012 – 2014
Shinjirō Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1981.
2019 – 2021
Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance
Prince Katsura Tarō
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1848; d. October 10 1913.
1908 – 1911
Tetsu Katayama*
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1887; d. May 30 1978.
1947
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1962 – 1965
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1979 – 1980
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1982 – 1986
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1986 – 1988
Noboru Takeshita (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1988
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1989 – 1991
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
1991
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
1991 – 1992
Wataru Kubo
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1929; d. June 24 2003.
1996
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1998
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1998 – 2001
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1945.
2003 – 2006
Yoshihiko Noda
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1957.
2010 – 2011
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2012 – 2021
Shun’ichi Suzuki
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1953.
2021 – 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Count Hayashi Tadasu
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1850; d. July 10 1913.
1906 – 1908
Prince Katsura Tarō (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1848; d. October 10 1913.
1912 – 1913
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1974 – 1976
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
1993 – 1994
Yōhei Kōno
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1937.
1994 – 1996
Masahiko Kōmura
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1942.
1998 – 1999
Yōhei Kōno
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1937.
1999 – 2001
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
2004 – 2005
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2005 – 2007
Nobutaka Machimura
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1944; d. June 1 2015.
2007
Masahiko Kōmura
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1942.
2007 – 2008
Fumio Kishida
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1957.
2012 – 2017
Taro Kono
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1963.
2017 – 2019
Toshimitsu Motegi
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1955.
2019 – 2021
Fumio Kishida (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1957.
2021
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1961.
2021 – 2023
Takeshi Iwaya
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1957.
2024 – present
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Minister of Health
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1978 – 1979
Minister of Health and Welfare
Junichiro Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1942.
1988 – 1989
Junichiro Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1942.
1996 – 1998
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of Post and Telecommunications
Junichiro Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1942.
1992 – 1993
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
2003 – 2005
Yoshihide Suga
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1948.
2006 – 2007
Yoshitaka Shindō
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1958.
2012 – 2014
Sanae Takaichi
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
2014 – 2017
Sanae Takaichi
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
2019 – 2020
Ministry of Justice
Minister of Justice
Tetsu Katayama*
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1887; d. May 30 1978.
1947
Seiroku Kajiyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1926; d. June 6 2000.
1990
Takao Jinnouchi
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1999
Masahiko Kōmura
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1942.
2000 – 2001
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1945.
2012 – 2014
Katsutoshi Kaneda
Date of birth/date of death: b. ??.
2016 – 2017
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism
Minister of Transport
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1967 – 1968
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1986 – 1987
Minister of Construction
Yoshirō Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1937.
1995 – 1996
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism
Nobuteru Ishihara
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1957.
2003 – 2004
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1945.
2008
Tetsuo Saito
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1952.
2021 – 2024
Former Cabinet Offices
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Tetsu Katayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1887; d. May 30 1978.
1947
Ministry of Communications
Minister of Communications
Count Hayashi Tadasu
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1850; d. July 10 1913.
1911 – 1912
Tetsu Katayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1887; d. May 30 1978.
1947
Ministry of Construction
Minister of Construction
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
1976
Ministry of Home Affairs
Minister of Home Affairs
Prince Katsura Tarō
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1848; d. October 10 1913.
1903 – 1904
Jirō Ishiba
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1908; d. September 16 1981.
1980
Ichirō Ozawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1942.
1985 – 1986
Seiroku Kajiyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1926; d. June 6 2000.
1987 – 1988
Kosuke Hori
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1934; d. November 4 2023.
1999 – 2000
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1970 – 1971
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1971 – 1972
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
1972 – 1974
Seiroku Kajiyama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1926; d. June 6 2000.
1989
Yoshirō Mori
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1937.
1992 – 1993
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
1994 – 1996
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Kakuei Tanaka
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1961.
1957 – 1958
Kiichi Miyazawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1919; d. June 28 2007.
1993
Ministry of War
Minister of War
Prince Katsura Tarō
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1848; d. October 10 1913.
1898 – 1900