Minister of Justice (Japan)

The Minister of Justice (法務大臣, Hōmu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Justice.

Ministers of Justice (2001–)

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Justice Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days
1	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Masahiko Kōmura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	110	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |	Yoshirō Mori
2	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Mayumi Moriyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	879	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=4|	Junichiro Koizumi
3	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Daizō Nozawa	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
4	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Chieko Nohno	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
5	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Seiken Sugiura	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
6	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Jinen Nagase	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=2|	Shinzō Abe
7	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=2|		Kunio Hatoyama	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341
	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=2|						Yasuo Fukuda
8	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Okiharu Yasuoka	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53
9	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Eisuke Mori	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	357	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |	Taro Aso
10	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=2|		Keiko Chiba	September 16, 2009	September 7, 2010	356	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=4|						Naoto Kan
11	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Minoru Yanagida	September 7, 2010	November 22, 2010	76
12	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Yoshito Sengoku	November 22, 2010	January 14, 2011	53
13	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Satsuki Eda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
14	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Hideo Hiraoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	133	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" rowspan=5|	Yoshihiko Noda
15	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Toshio Ogawa	January 13, 2012	June 4, 2012	143
16	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Makoto Taki	June 4, 2012	October 1, 2012	119
17	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Keishu Tanaka	October 1, 2012	October 23, 2012	22
(16)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color" |		Makoto Taki	October 23, 2012	December 26, 2012	64
19	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Sadakazu Tanigaki	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" rowspan=9|	Shinzō Abe
20	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Midori Matsushima	September 3, 2014	October 20, 2014	47
21	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Yōko Kamikawa	October 20, 2014	October 7, 2015	352
22	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Mitsuhide Iwaki	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
23	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Katsutoshi Kaneda	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
24 (21)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Yōko Kamikawa	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
25	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Takashi Yamashita	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
26	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Katsuyuki Kawai	September 11, 2019	October 31, 2019	50
27	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color" |		Masako Mori	October 31, 2019	Incumbent	1830