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The Minister for Foreign Affairs (外務大臣 , Gaimu Daijin ) of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Since the end of the American occupation of Japan , the position has been one of the most powerful in the Cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on external relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to establish a more interventionist foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position.
The position is currently held by Tarō Kōno .
List of ministers
Italics indicates subject served as Acting Foreign Minister.
Bold indicates subject served concurrently as Prime Minister for a period of time.
Empire of Japan (1885–1945)
Postwar Japan (1945–present)
Liberal (1945)
Imperial Family
Progressive
Socialist
Democratic (1947)
Democratic Liberal
Liberal (1950)
Democratic (1954)
Liberal Democratic
Japan Renewal Party
Japan New Party
Liberal League
Democratic
Foreign Minister
Term of office
Prime Minister
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Name
Took Office
Left Office
Days
43
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Shigeru Yoshida
September 15, 1945
May 24, 1947
616
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Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
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Kijūrō Shidehara
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Shigeru Yoshida
-
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Tetsu Katayama
May 24, 1947
June 1, 1947
8
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Tetsu Katayama
44
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Hitoshi Ashida
June 1, 1947
October 15, 1948
502
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Hitoshi Ashida
(43)
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Shigeru Yoshida
October 15, 1948
April 30, 1952
1293
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Shigeru Yoshida
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45
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Katsuo Okazaki
April 30, 1952
December 10, 1954
954
(40)
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
December 10, 1954
November 22, 1955
744
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Ichirō Hatoyama
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November 22, 1955
December 23, 1956
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-
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Tanzan Ishibashi
December 23, 1956
December 23, 1956
0
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Tanzan Ishibashi
46
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Nobusuke Kishi
December 23, 1956
July 10, 1957
199
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Nobusuke Kishi
47
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Aiichirō Fujiyama
July 10, 1957
July 19, 1960
1105
48
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Zentaro Kosaka
July 19, 1960
July 18, 1962
729
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Hayato Ikeda
49
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Masayoshi Ōhira
July 18, 1962
July 18, 1964
731
50
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Shiina Etsusaburo
July 18, 1964
December 3, 1966
868
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Eisaku Sato
51
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Takeo Miki
December 3, 1966
October 29, 1968
696
-
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Eisaku Sato
October 29, 1968
November 30, 1968
32
52
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Kiichi Aichi
November 30, 1968
July 9, 1971
951
53
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Takeo Fukuda
July 9, 1971
July 7, 1972
364
(49)
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Masayoshi Ōhira
July 7, 1972
July 16, 1974
739
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Kakuei Tanaka
54
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Toshio Kimura
July 16, 1974
December 9, 1974
146
55
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Kiichi Miyazawa
December 9, 1974
September 5, 1976
646
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Takeo Miki
(48)
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Zentaro Kosaka
September 5, 1976
December 24, 1976
100
56
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Iichirō Hatoyama
December 24, 1976
November 28, 1977
339
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Takeo Fukuda
57
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Sunao Sonoda
November 28, 1977
November 8, 1979
710
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Masayoshi Ōhira
58
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Saburō Ōkita
November 8, 1979
July 17, 1980
252
59
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Masayoshi Ito
July 17, 1980
May 18, 1981
305
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Zenkō Suzuki
(57)
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Sunao Sonoda
May 18, 1981
November 30, 1981
196
60
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Yoshio Sakurauchi
November 30, 1981
November 27, 1982
362
61
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Shintaro Abe
November 27, 1982
July 22, 1986
1333
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
62
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Tadashi Kuranari
July 22, 1986
November 6, 1987
472
63
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Sosuke Uno
November 6, 1987
June 3, 1989
575
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Noboru Takeshita
64
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Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
June 3, 1989
August 10, 1989
68
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Sosuke Uno
65
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Taro Nakayama
August 10, 1989
November 5, 1991
817
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Toshiki Kaifu
66
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Michio Watanabe
November 5, 1991
April 7, 1993
519
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Kiichi Miyazawa
67
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Kabun Muto
April 7, 1993
August 9, 1993
124
68
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Tsutomu Hata
August 9, 1993
April 28, 1994
262
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Morihiro Hosokawa
69
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Koji Kakizawa
April 28, 1994
June 30, 1994
63
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Tsutomu Hata
70
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Yōhei Kōno
June 30, 1994
January 11, 1996
560
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Tomiichi Murayama
71
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Yukihiko Ikeda
January 11, 1996
September 11, 1997
609
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Ryutaro Hashimoto
72
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Keizo Obuchi
September 11, 1997
July 30, 1998
322
73
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Masahiko Kōmura
July 30, 1998
October 5, 1999
432
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Keizo Obuchi
(70)
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Yōhei Kōno
October 5, 1999
April 26, 2001
569
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Yoshiro Mori
74
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Makiko Tanaka
April 26, 2001
January 29, 2002
278
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Junichiro Koizumi
75
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Junichiro Koizumi
January 29, 2002
February 1, 2002
3
76
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Yoriko Kawaguchi
February 1, 2002
September 27, 2004
969
77
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Nobutaka Machimura
September 27, 2004
October 31, 2005
399
78
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Tarō Asō
October 31, 2005
August 27, 2007
665
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Shinzō Abe
(77)
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Nobutaka Machimura
August 27, 2007
September 26, 2007
30
(73)
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Masahiko Kōmura
September 26, 2007
September 24, 2008
364
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Yasuo Fukuda
79
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Hirofumi Nakasone
September 24, 2008
September 16, 2009
357
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Taro Aso
80
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Katsuya Okada
September 16, 2009
September 17, 2010
366
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Yukio Hatoyama
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Naoto Kan
81
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Seiji Maehara
September 17, 2010
March 7, 2011
171
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Yukio Edano (Acting)
March 7, 2011
March 9, 2011
2
82
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Takeaki Matsumoto
March 9, 2011
September 2, 2011
177
83
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Kōichirō Genba
September 2, 2011
December 26, 2012
481
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Yoshihiko Noda
84
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Fumio Kishida
December 26, 2012
August 3, 2017
1681
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Shinzō Abe
85
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Tarō Kōno
August 3, 2017
Incumbent
2587
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See also
References
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