Minister of Finance (Japan)

The Minister of Finance (財務大臣, Zaimu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Finance. This position was formerly cited as being Japan's most powerful and one of the world's, because Japan had historically held the largest foreign exchange reserves. It seems that title has been passed to Bank of Japan governors, due to Japan's position as the world's largest and lowest rate creditor.

List of ministers

#	Name	Took office	Left office
20th century
1	Takahashi Korekiyo (1st)	1927	1929
?	??	1929	1931
1	Takahashi Korekiyo (2nd)	1927	1936
?	??	1936	1937
2	Toyotaro Yuki	1937	1937
?	??	1937	1941
3	Okinori Kaya	1941	1944
?	??	1944	1945
4	Juichi Tsushima	1945	1945
5	Keizō Shibusawa	1945	1946
6	Tanzan Ishibashi	1946	1947
7	Shōtarō Yano	1947	1947
8	Takeo Kurisu	1947	1948
9	Tokutarō Kitamura	1948	1948
10	Sanroku Izumiyama	1948	1948
?	??	1948	1949
11	Hayato Ikeda (1st)	1949	1952
12	Tadaharu Mukai	1952	1953
13	Sankurō Ogasawara	1953	1954
14	Naoto Ichimanda (1st)	1954	1956
11	Hayato Ikeda (2nd)	1956	1957
14	Naoto Ichimanda (2nd)	1957	1958
15	Eisaku Satō	1958	1960
16	Mikio Mizuta (1st)	1960	1962
17	Kakuei Tanaka	1962	1965
18	Takeo Fukuda (1st)	1965-1966
16	Mikio Mizuta (2nd)	1966	1968
18	Takeo Fukuda (2nd)	1968	1971
16	Mikio Mizuta (3rd)	1971	1971
19	Kōshiro Ueki	1971	1972
20	Kichi Aichi	1972	1973
18	Takeo Fukuda (3rd)	1973	1974
21	Masayoshi Ōhira	1974	1976
22	Hideo Bō	1976	1977
23	Tatsuo Murayama (1st)	1977	1978
24	Ippei Kaneko	1978	1979
25	Noboru Takeshita (1st)	1979	1980
26	Michio Watanabe	1980	1982
25	Noboru Takeshita (2nd)	1982	1986
27	Kiichi Miyazawa (2nd)	1986	1988
23	Tatsuo Murayama (2nd)	1988	1989
28	Ryutaro Hashimoto	1989	1991
29	Tsutomu Hata	1991	1992
30	Yoshirō Hayashi	1992	1993
31	Hirohisa Fujii	1993	1994
32	Masayoshi Takemura	1994	1996
33	Wataru Kubo	1996	1996
34	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	1996	1998
35	Hikaru Matsunaga	1998	1998
27	Kiichi Miyazawa (1st)	1998	2001
21st century
36	Masajuro Shiokawa	2001	2003
37	Sadakazu Tanigaki	2003	2006
38	Koji Omi	2006	2007
39	Fukushiro Nukaga	2007	2008
40	Bunmei Ibuki	2008	2008
41	Shōichi Nakagawa	2008	2009
42	Kaoru Yosano	2009	2009
43	Hirohisa Fujii	2009	2010
44	Naoto Kan	2010	2010
45	Yoshihiko Noda	2010	2011
46	Jun Azumi	2011	present

Notes

Before 2001 The title minister of finance from Japanese language is Minister of Finance (大蔵大臣, Ōkura-daijin).Since 2001 The title minister of finance from Japanese language is Minister of Finance (財務大臣, Zaimu-daijin)