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List of prime ministers of Japan
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| Itō Hirobumi (top left) is considered the first prime minister of Japan. | Hideki Tojo (top right) was prime minister during much of World War II. | Shinzo Abe (bottom left) was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. | Sanae Takaichi (bottom right) is the first female and current prime minister of Japan.
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day.
32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor. The "electoral mandates" shown are for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Imperial Diet, which was not constitutionally guaranteed to have any influence on the appointment of the prime minister.
The prime minister under the Constitution of Japan is designated from among the members of the National Diet, and appointed by the Emperor after being nominated by the National Diet.
The premiership of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was prime minister for fifty-four days in 1945, was the shortest in Japanese history. Shinzo Abe served the longest, with eight years over two non-consecutive periods.
The current prime minister is Sanae Takaichi, who assumed the office on 21 October 2025.
From 1871 to 1885
The office of daijō-daijin (太政大臣, chancellor of the realm) was the equivalent of what would become the office of prime minister. It was an ancient role which had been discontinued in the 18th century and was briefly revived during the Meiji era.
Daijō-daijin (chancellor of the realm)
| Portrait | Daijō-daijin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | |||||||||
| (Lifespan) | Term of office | Mandate | Party | Government | Emperor | Start | End | Duration | |
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Sanetomi Sanjo (3x4 cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | |||||
| Sanjō Sanetomi | |||||||||
| 三條 實美 | |||||||||
| (18371891) | 13 September | ||||||||
| 1871 | 22 December | ||||||||
| 1885 | — | Independent | Meiji[[File:Meiji tenno1.jpg | alt=Emperor Meiji | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] |
The office of Daijō-daijin was abolished in December 1885 with the appointment of Itō Hirobumi in the new position of prime minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣, Naikaku Sōri-Daijin).
Since 1885
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| Portrait | Prime minister | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | ||||||||||||||
| (Lifespan) | Term of office | Mandate | Party | Government | Emperor | Ref | Start | End | Duration | |||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Premier Hirobumi Ito.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Itō Hirobumi | ||||||||||||||
| 伊藤󠄃 博文 | ||||||||||||||
| (18411909) | 22 December | |||||||||||||
| 1885 | 30 April | |||||||||||||
| 1888 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| (Meiji oligarchy) | 1. Itō I | Meiji[[File:Meiji tenno1.jpg | alt=Emperor Meiji | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] | ||||||||
| [[File:Kiyotaka Kuroda formal cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Kuroda Kiyotaka | ||||||||||||||
| 黑田 清隆 | ||||||||||||||
| (18401900) | 30 April | |||||||||||||
| 1888 | 25 October | |||||||||||||
| 1889 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 2. Kuroda | |||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Sanetomi Sanjo (3x4 cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | ||||||||||
| Sanjō Sanetomi | ||||||||||||||
| 三條 實美 | ||||||||||||||
| (18371891) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 25 October | |||||||||||||
| 1889 | 24 December | |||||||||||||
| 1889 | — | Independent | Sanjō caretaker | |||||||||||
| [[File:Yamagata Aritomo cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Yamagata Aritomo | ||||||||||||||
| 山縣 有朋 | ||||||||||||||
| (18381922) | 24 December | |||||||||||||
| 1889 | 6 May | |||||||||||||
| 1891 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 3. Yamagata I | |||||||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:4 MatsukataM(cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Matsukata Masayoshi | ||||||||||||||
| 松方 正義 | ||||||||||||||
| (18351924) | 6 May | |||||||||||||
| 1891 | 8 August | |||||||||||||
| 1892 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| (Meiji oligarchy) | 4. Matsukata I | |||||||||||||
| 1892 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=3 | [[File:Marquess Itō Hirobumi.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Itō Hirobumi | ||||||||||||||
| 伊藤󠄃 博文 | ||||||||||||||
| (18411909) | 8 August | |||||||||||||
| 1892 | 31 August | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| (Meiji oligarchy) | 5. Itō II | |||||||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Kiyotaka Kuroda formal cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Kuroda Kiyotaka | ||||||||||||||
| 黑田 清隆 | ||||||||||||||
| (18401900) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 31 August | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | 18 September | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Matsukata Masayoshi 3x4.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Matsukata Masayoshi | ||||||||||||||
| 松方 正義 | ||||||||||||||
| (18351924) | 18 September | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | 12 January | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| (Meiji oligarchy) | 6. Matsukata II | |||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:ITŌ Hirobumi.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Itō Hirobumi | ||||||||||||||
| 伊藤󠄃 博文 | ||||||||||||||
| (18411909) | 12 January | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | 30 June | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| (Meiji oligarchy) | 7. Itō III | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenseitō}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Premier Shigenobu Okuma.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Ōkuma Shigenobu | ||||||||||||||
| 大隈 重信 | ||||||||||||||
| (18381922) | 30 June | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | 8 November | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | — | Kenseitō | 8. Ōkuma I | |||||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Yamagata Aritomo cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Yamagata Aritomo | ||||||||||||||
| 山縣 有朋 | ||||||||||||||
| (18381922) | 8 November | |||||||||||||
| 1898 | 19 October | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 9. Yamagata II | |||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:ITO Hirobumi.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Itō Hirobumi | ||||||||||||||
| 伊藤󠄃 博文 | ||||||||||||||
| (18411909) | 19 October | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | 10 May | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 10. Itō IV | |||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan="2" | [[File:Kinmochi Saionji.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Saionji Kinmochi | ||||||||||||||
| 西園寺 公望 | ||||||||||||||
| (18491940) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 27 October | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | 12 December | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | ||||||||||||
| 10 May | ||||||||||||||
| 1901 | 2 June | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | — | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Tarō Katsura cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Katsura Tarō | ||||||||||||||
| 桂 太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18481913) | 2 June | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | 7 January | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 11. Katsura I | |||||||||||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | ||||||||||||||
| 1904 | ||||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Kinmochi Saionji.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Saionji Kinmochi | ||||||||||||||
| 西園寺 公望 | ||||||||||||||
| (18491940) | 7 January | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | 14 July | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 12. Saionji I | |||||||||||
| 1908 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Tarō Katsura cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | |||||||||||
| Katsura Tarō | ||||||||||||||
| 桂 太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18481913) | 14 July | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | 30 August | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 13. Katsura II | |||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=3 | [[File:Kinmochi Saionji formal.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | ||||||||||
| Saionji Kinmochi | ||||||||||||||
| 西園寺 公望 | ||||||||||||||
| (18491940) | 30 August | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | 21 December | |||||||||||||
| 1912 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 14. Saionji II | |||||||||||
| 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| Taishō[[File:Emperor Taishō (cropped 2).jpg | alt=Emperor Taishō | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] | ||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Tarō Katsura cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | ||||||||||
| Katsura Tarō | ||||||||||||||
| 桂 太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18481913) | 21 December | |||||||||||||
| 1912 | 20 February | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | — | Independent | 15. Katsura III | |||||||||||
| [[File:Gonbee Yamamoto later years cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | ||||||||||||||
| 山本 權兵衛 | ||||||||||||||
| (18521933) | 20 February | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | 16 April | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 16. Yamamoto I | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Shigenobu Okuma 2.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Marquess | |||||||||||
| Ōkuma Shigenobu | ||||||||||||||
| 大隈 重信 | ||||||||||||||
| (18381922) | 16 April | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | 9 October | |||||||||||||
| 1916 | — | Rikken Dōshikai | 17. Ōkuma II | |||||||||||
| 1915 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Masatake Terauchi uniform.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Terauchi Masatake | ||||||||||||||
| 寺內 正毅 | ||||||||||||||
| (18521919) | 9 October | |||||||||||||
| 1916 | 29 September | |||||||||||||
| 1918 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 18. Terauchi | |||||||||||||
| 1917 | ||||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Rekidai-index-19-hara.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Hara Takashi | ||||||||||
| 原 敬 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Morioka | ||||||||||||||
| (18561921) | 29 September | |||||||||||||
| 1918 | 4 November | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 19. Hara | |||||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Kosai Uchida.jpg | 104x104px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Uchida Kōsai | ||||||||||||||
| 內田 康哉 | ||||||||||||||
| (18651936) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 4 November | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | 13 November | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" | [[File:Korekiyo Takahashi formal.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Viscount | ||||||||||
| Takahashi Korekiyo | ||||||||||||||
| 高橋 是清 | ||||||||||||||
| (1854–1936) | 13 November | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | 12 June | |||||||||||||
| 1922 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 20. Takahashi | |||||||||||
| [[File:Admiral Kato Tomosaburo cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | |||||||||||
| Katō Tomosaburō | ||||||||||||||
| 加藤 友三郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18611923) | 12 June | |||||||||||||
| 1922 | 24 August | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 21. Katō To. | |||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Kosai Uchida.jpg | 104x104px | photograph]] | Count | ||||||||||
| Uchida Kōsai | ||||||||||||||
| 內田 康哉 | ||||||||||||||
| (18651936) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 24 August | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | 2 September | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Gonbee Yamamoto later years cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Count | |||||||||||
| Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | ||||||||||||||
| 山本 權兵衛 | ||||||||||||||
| (18521933) | 2 September | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | 7 January | |||||||||||||
| 1924 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 22. Yamamoto II | |||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Kiyoura Keigo.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Viscount | ||||||||||
| Kiyoura Keigo | ||||||||||||||
| 清浦 奎吾 | ||||||||||||||
| (18501942) | 7 January | |||||||||||||
| 1924 | 11 June | |||||||||||||
| 1924 | — | Independent | 23. Kiyoura | |||||||||||
| Kenseikai}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Takaaki Kato suit.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Viscount | ||||||||||
| Katō Takaaki | ||||||||||||||
| 加藤 高明 | ||||||||||||||
| (18601926) | 11 June | |||||||||||||
| 1924 | 28 January | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | 1924 | Kenseikai | 24. Katō Ta. | |||||||||||
| Kenseikai}}" rowspan="3" | [[File:Reijiro Wakatsuki posing cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Wakatsuki Reijirō | ||||||||||
| 若槻 禮次郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18661949) | 28 January | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | 30 January | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | — | Kenseikai | ||||||||||||
| 30 January | ||||||||||||||
| 1926 | 20 April | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | — | 25. Wakatsuki I | ||||||||||||
| Shōwa | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Hirohito in dress uniform (cropped 2).jpg | alt=Emperor Shōwa | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] | ||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Giichi Tanaka posing cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | ||||||||||
| Tanaka Giichi | ||||||||||||||
| 田中 義一 | ||||||||||||||
| (18641929) | 20 April | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | 2 July | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 26. Tanaka G. | |||||||||||
| 1928 | ||||||||||||||
| Rikken Minseito}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Osachi Hamaguchi posing cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Hamaguchi Osachi | ||||||||||
| 濱口 雄幸 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kochi 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (18701931) | 2 July | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | 14 April | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | — | Rikken Minseitō | 27. Hamaguchi | |||||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | |||||||||
| Kijūrō Shidehara | ||||||||||||||
| 幣原 喜重郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18721951) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 14 November | |||||||||||||
| 1930 | 9 March | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| Rikken Minseito}}" | [[File:Premier Reijiro Wakatsuki.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | ||||||||||
| Wakatsuki Reijirō | ||||||||||||||
| 若槻 禮次郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18661949) | 14 April | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | 13 December | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | — | Rikken Minseitō | 28. Wakatsuki II | |||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" rowspan=2 | [[File:Tsuyoshi Inukai facing left cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Inukai Tsuyoshi | ||||||||||
| 犬養 毅 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Okayama 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (1855–1932) | 13 December | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | 15 May | |||||||||||||
| 1932 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | 29. Inukai | |||||||||||
| 1932 | ||||||||||||||
| Rikken Seiyukai}}" | [[File:Korekiyo Takahashi formal.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Viscount | ||||||||||
| Takahashi Korekiyo | ||||||||||||||
| 高橋 是清 | ||||||||||||||
| (1854–1936) | 15 May | |||||||||||||
| 1932 | 26 May | |||||||||||||
| 1932 | — | Rikken Seiyūkai | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Makoto Saito 2.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Viscount | |||||||||||
| Saitō Makoto | ||||||||||||||
| 齋藤 實 | ||||||||||||||
| (1858–1936) | 26 May | |||||||||||||
| 1932 | 8 July | |||||||||||||
| 1934 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 30. Saitō | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Keisuke Okada 2 cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Keisuke Okada | |||||||||||
| 岡田 啓介 | ||||||||||||||
| (18681952) | 8 July | |||||||||||||
| 1934 | 9 March | |||||||||||||
| 1936 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 31. Okada | |||||||||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Fumio Gotō 1924-28 cropped.jpg | 106x106px | photograph]] | Fumio Gotō | ||||||||||
| 後藤 文夫 | ||||||||||||||
| (18841980) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 26 February | |||||||||||||
| 1936 | 29 February | |||||||||||||
| 1936 | — | Independent | ||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Kohki Hirota suit cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Kōki Hirota | ||||||||||
| 廣田 弘毅 | ||||||||||||||
| (18781948) | 9 March | |||||||||||||
| 1936 | 2 February | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | — | Independent | 32. Hirota | |||||||||||
| [[File:IJA Hayashi Senjuro.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Senjūrō Hayashi | ||||||||||
| 林 銑十郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18761943) | 2 February | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | 4 June | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 33. Hayashi | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | ||||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Fumimaro Konoe profile.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | ||||||||||
| Fumimaro Konoe | ||||||||||||||
| 近衞 文麿󠄁 | ||||||||||||||
| (18911945) | 4 June | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | 5 January | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | — | Independent | 34. Konoe I | |||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Hiranuma Kiichiro 1-1.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | ||||||||||
| Kiichirō Hiranuma | ||||||||||||||
| 平󠄁沼 騏一郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18671952) | 5 January | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | 30 August | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | — | Independent | 35. Hiranuma | |||||||||||
| [[File:Nobuyuki Abe formal.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Nobuyuki Abe | |||||||||||
| 阿部 信行 | ||||||||||||||
| (18751953) | 30 August | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | 16 January | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Army) | 36. N. Abe | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Yonai Mitsumasa cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Mitsumasa Yonai | |||||||||||
| 米內 光政 | ||||||||||||||
| (18801948) | 16 January | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | 22 July | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | — | Military | ||||||||||||
| (Navy) | 37. Yonai | |||||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Fumimaro Konoe profile.jpg | 80px]] | Prince | |||||||||||
| Fumimaro Konoe | ||||||||||||||
| 近衞 文麿󠄁 | ||||||||||||||
| (18911945) | 22 July | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | 18 October | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | — | Independent | 38. Konoe II | |||||||||||
| Imperial Rule Assistance Association}}" rowspan=2 | Taisei Yokusankai | |||||||||||||
| 39. Konoe III | ||||||||||||||
| Imperial Rule Assistance Association}}" | [[File:Hideki Tōjō portrait (cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Hideki Tojo | ||||||||||
| 東條 英機 | ||||||||||||||
| (18841948) | 18 October | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | 22 July | |||||||||||||
| 1944 | 1942 | Taisei Yokusankai | 40. Tōjō | |||||||||||
| Imperial Rule Assistance Association}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Kuniaki Koiso.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Kuniaki Koiso | ||||||||||
| 小磯 國昭 | ||||||||||||||
| (18801950) | 22 July | |||||||||||||
| 1944 | 7 April | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 41. Koiso | |||||||||||
| Imperial Rule Assistance Association}}" rowspan=1 | [[File:Kantaro Suzuki suit cropped.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | ||||||||||
| Kantarō Suzuki | ||||||||||||||
| 鈴木 貫太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18681948) | 7 April | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | 17 August | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 42. K. Suzuki | |||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | Independent | |||||||||||||
| [[File:HIH Prince Naruhiko of Higashikuni.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Prince | ||||||||||
| Naruhiko Higashikuni | ||||||||||||||
| 東久邇宮稔彦王 | ||||||||||||||
| (18871990) | 17 August | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | 9 October | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | — | Imperial Family | 43. Higashikuni | |||||||||||
| Nonpartisan}}" | [[File:Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Baron | |||||||||
| Kijūrō Shidehara | ||||||||||||||
| 幣原 喜重郞 | ||||||||||||||
| (18721951) | 9 October | |||||||||||||
| 1945 | 22 May | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | — | Independent | 44. Shidehara | |||||||||||
| Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};" | [[File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Shigeru Yoshida | |||||||||
| 吉田 茂 | ||||||||||||||
| (18781967) | 22 May | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | 24 May | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | 1946 | Liberal | 45. Yoshida I | |||||||||||
| Japan Socialist Party}};" | [[File:片山哲.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Tetsu Katayama | ||||||||||
| 片山 哲 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kanagawa 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (18871978) | 24 May | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | 10 March | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | 1947 | Socialist | 46. Katayama | |||||||||||
| Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}};" | [[File:Hitoshi Ashida.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Hitoshi Ashida | ||||||||||
| 蘆田 均 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kyōto 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (18871959) | 10 March | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | 15 October | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | — | Democratic | 47. Ashida | |||||||||||
| Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Shigeru Yoshida | |||||||||
| 吉田 茂 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kōchi at-large | ||||||||||||||
| (18781967) | 15 October | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | 10 December | |||||||||||||
| 1954 | — | Democratic Liberal | 48. Yoshida II | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 49. Yoshida III | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}};" | Liberal | |||||||||||||
| 1952 | 50. Yoshida IV | |||||||||||||
| 1953 | 51. Yoshida V | |||||||||||||
| Democratic Party (Japan, 1954)}};" | [[File:Hatoyama Ichirō.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Ichirō Hatoyama | |||||||||
| 鳩山 一郞 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Tokyo 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (18831959) | 10 December | |||||||||||||
| 1954 | 23 December | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | — | Japan Democratic | 52. Hatoyama I. I | |||||||||||
| 1955 | 53. Hatoyama I. II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | — | Liberal Democratic | 54. Hatoyama I. III | |||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Tanzan Ishibashi portrait.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Tanzan Ishibashi | ||||||||||
| 石橋 湛山 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Shizuoka 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (18841973) | 23 December | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | 25 February | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (New liberal faction) | 55. Ishibashi | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=2 | [[File:Nobusuke Kishi portrait.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Nobusuke Kishi | ||||||||||
| 岸 信介 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (18961987) | 25 February | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | 19 July | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Tokakai faction) | 56. Kishi I | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | 57. Kishi II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=3 | [[File:JFKWHP-KN-C18157 in Hayato Ikeda (cropped) restored Crop.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Hayato Ikeda | ||||||||||
| 池田 勇人 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Hiroshima 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (18991965) | 19 July | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | 9 November | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 58. Ikeda I | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | 59. Ikeda II | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | 60. Ikeda III | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=3 | [[File:Eisaku Sato 19641109.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Eisaku Satō | ||||||||||
| 佐藤 榮作 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (19011975) | 9 November | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | 7 July | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Shuzankai faction) | 61. Satō I | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | 62. Satō II | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | 63. Satō III | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=2 | [[File:Kakuei Tanaka 19720707.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Kakuei Tanaka | |||||||||
| 田中 角榮 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Niigata 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (19181993) | 7 July | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | 9 December | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Mokuyō Club) | 64. Tanaka K. I | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | 65. Tanaka K. II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Takeo Miki 19741209.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Takeo Miki | |||||||||
| 三木 武夫 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Tokushima at-large | ||||||||||||||
| (19071988) | 9 December | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | 24 December | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo faction) | 66. Miki | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Takeo Fukuda | |||||||||
| 福︀田 赳夫 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Gunma 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (19051995) | 24 December | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | 7 December | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 1976 | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Pro-Reform bureaucrats faction) | 67. Fukuda T. | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=2 | [[File:Masayoshi Ohira 19790120.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Masayoshi Ōhira | ||||||||||
| 大平󠄁 正芳 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kagawa 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (19101980) | 7 December | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 12 June | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 68. Ōhira I | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | 69. Ōhira II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan="1" | [[File:Masayoshi Ito on 11 December 1980.jpg | 106x106px | photograph]] | Masayoshi Ito | ||||||||||
| 伊東 正義 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Fukushima 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (19131994) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 12 June | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | 17 July | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | ||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Zenko Suzuki 19800717.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Zenkō Suzuki | ||||||||||
| 鈴木 善幸 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Iwate 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (19112004) | 17 July | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | 27 November | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 1980 | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 70. Suzuki Z. | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=3 | [[File:Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Yasuhiro Nakasone | |||||||||
| 中曾根 康弘 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Gunma 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (1918–2019) | 27 November | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 6 November | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seisaku Kagaku Kenkyūjo faction) | 71. Nakasone I | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | 72. Nakasone II | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 73. Nakasone III | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=2 | [[File:Noboru Takeshita 19871106.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Noboru Takeshita | |||||||||
| 竹下 登 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Shimane at-large | ||||||||||||||
| (19242000) | 6 November | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | 3 June | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) | 74. Takeshita | |||||||||||||
| Akihito | ||||||||||||||
| (Heisei) | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Emperor Akihito (cropped).jpg | alt=Emperor Akihito | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] | ||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Sosuke Uno 19890603.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Sōsuke Uno | |||||||||
| 宇野 宗佑 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Shiga at-large | ||||||||||||||
| (19221998) | 3 June | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | 10 August | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seisaku Kagaku Kenkyūjo faction) | 75. Uno | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=2 | [[File:Toshiki Kaifu 19890810.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Toshiki Kaifu | |||||||||
| 海︀部 俊樹 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Aichi 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (19312022) | 10 August | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | 5 November | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo faction) | 76. Kaifu I | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 77. Kaifu II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" rowspan=1 | [[File:Kiichi Miyazawa 19911105.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Kiichi Miyazawa | ||||||||||
| 宮澤 喜一 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Hiroshima 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| (19192007) | 5 November | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 9 August | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 78. Miyazawa | |||||||||||||
| Japan New Party}};" | [[File:Morihiro Hosokawa 19930809.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Morihiro Hosokawa | ||||||||||
| 細川 護熙 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kumamoto 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1938) | 9 August | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | 28 April | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 1993 | New | 79. Hosokawa | |||||||||||
| Japan Renewal Party}};" | [[File:Tsutomu Hata 19940428.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Tsutomu Hata | ||||||||||
| 羽︀田 孜 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Nagano 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (19352017) | 28 April | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 30 June | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | — | Renewal | 80. Hata | |||||||||||
| Japan Socialist Party}};" | [[File:Tomiichi Murayama 19940630.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Tomiichi Murayama | ||||||||||
| 村山 富市 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Ōita 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (19242025) | 30 June | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 11 January | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | — | Socialist | ||||||||||||
| (Seiken Kõsõ Kenkyūkai faction) | 81. Murayama | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Ryutaro Hashimoto 19960111.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Ryutaro Hashimoto | ||||||||||
| 橋本 龍太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Okayama 4th | ||||||||||||||
| (19372006) | 11 January | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 30 July | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) | 82. Hashimoto I | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 83. Hashimoto II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Keizo Obuchi 19980730.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Keizō Obuchi | |||||||||
| 小渕 惠三 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Gunma 5th | ||||||||||||||
| (19372000) | 30 July | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | 3 April | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) | 84. Obuchi | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Mikio Aoki.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Mikio Aoki | |||||||||
| 靑木 幹雄 | ||||||||||||||
| Cou for Shimane at-large | ||||||||||||||
| (19342023) | ||||||||||||||
| Acting Prime Minister | 3 April | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 5 April | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) | ||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Yoshiro Mori 20000405.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Yoshirō Mori | ||||||||||
| 森 喜朗 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1937) | 5 April | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 26 April | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction) | 85. Mori I | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 86. Mori II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Junichiro Koizumi 20010426 (cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||||
| 小泉 純一郞 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kanagawa 11th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1942) | 26 April | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | 26 September | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction) | 87. Koizumi I | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 88. Koizumi II | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 89. Koizumi III | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Shinzō Abe 20060926.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Shinzo Abe | ||||||||||
| 安倍 晋三 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | ||||||||||||||
| (1954–2022) | 26 September | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 26 September | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction) | 90. Abe S. I | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Yasuo Fukuda 200709.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||||
| 福︀田 康夫 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Gunma 4th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1936) | 26 September | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | 24 September | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | — | Liberal Democratic | 91. Fukuda Y. | |||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Tarō Asō 20100714.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Tarō Asō | |||||||||
| 麻󠄁生 太郞 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Fukuoka 8th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1940) | 24 September | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 16 September | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 92. Asō | |||||||||||||
| Democratic Party of Japan}};" | [[File:Yukio Hatoyama 20070824.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Yukio Hatoyama | ||||||||||
| 鳩山 由紀夫 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Hokkaido 9th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1947) | 16 September | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 8 June | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2009 | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seiken kōyaku wo Jitsugen suru kai) | 93. Hatoyama Y. | |||||||||||||
| Democratic Party of Japan}};" | [[File:Naoto Kan 20071221.jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Naoto Kan | |||||||||
| 菅 直人 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Tokyo 18th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1946) | 8 June | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2 September | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | — | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kuni no katachi kenkyūkai) | 94. Kan | |||||||||||||
| Democratic Party of Japan}};" | [[File:Yoshihiko Noda 20110902 (retouched).jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Yoshihiko Noda | |||||||||
| 野田 佳彦 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Chiba 4th | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1957) | 2 September | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 26 December | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | — | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Ryōun-kai) | 95. Noda | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Shinzō Abe 20120501 (cropped).jpg | alt= | 80px | photograph]] | Shinzo Abe | |||||||||
| 安倍 晋三 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | ||||||||||||||
| (1954–2022) | 26 December | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 16 September | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2012 | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction) | 96. Abe S. II | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | 97. Abe S. III | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 98. Abe S. IV | |||||||||||||
| Naruhito | ||||||||||||||
| (Reiwa) | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Emperor Naruhito 201905 (cropped 2).jpg | alt=Emperor Naruhito | frameless | none | upright=0.4]] | ||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Yoshihide Suga 20200924 (cropped).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Yoshihide Suga | ||||||||||
| 菅 義偉󠄃 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Kanagawa 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1948) | 16 September | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 4 October | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | — | Liberal Democratic | 99. Suga | |||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Fumio Kishida 20211005 (cropped 2).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Fumio Kishida | ||||||||||
| 岸田 文󠄁雄 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Hiroshima 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1957) | 4 October | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 October | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Kōchikai faction) | 100. Kishida I | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 101. Kishida II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Ishiba Shigeru 20241001 (cropped 3).jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Shigeru Ishiba | ||||||||||
| 石破 茂 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Tottori 1st | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1957) | 1 October | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 21 October | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | — | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||
| (Suigetsukai faction) | 102. Ishiba I | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 103. Ishiba II | |||||||||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" | [[File:Sanae Takaichi 20251021 (cropped) 1.jpg | 80px | photograph]] | Sanae Takaichi | ||||||||||
| 高市 早苗 | ||||||||||||||
| Rep for Nara 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1961) | 21 October | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | Incumbent | — | Liberal Democratic | 104. Takaichi |
Living former prime ministers
File:Joseph Young and Former PM Yasuo Fukuda 2021 (cropped).jpg|Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008)
File:Yoshirō Mori (2019).jpg|Yoshirō Mori (2000–2001)
File:Morihiro Hosokawa cropped 2 Morihiro Hosokawa 19930809.jpg|Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994)
File:Tarō Asō in December 2025.jpg|Tarō Asō (2008–2009)
File:Junichiro Koizumi 2010.jpg|Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006)
File:Naoto Kan 2024-11-17 (3) (cropped).jpg|Naoto Kan (2010–2011)
File:Yukio Hatoyama 20220224 (cropped 2).jpg|Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010)
File:Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with the Former Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Yoshihide Suga (Yoshihide Suga).jpg|Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021)
File:20251010 Shigeru Ishiba press conference 9 (cropped).jpg|Shigeru Ishiba (2024–2025)
File:Yoshihiko Noda with Yoshio Tezuka 2025-07-19(3) (cropped).jpg|Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012)
File:Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi with the Former Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Fumio Kishida (Fumio Kishida).jpg|Fumio Kishida (2021–2024)
As of , there are eleven living former Prime Ministers of Japan. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) on 17 October 2025. He died at age 101, having become a centenarian on 3 March 2024.
Timeline
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bar:Itō from: 22/12/1885 till: 30/04/1888 color:ind from: 08/08/1892 till: 18/09/1896 color:ind from: 12/01/1898 till: 30/06/1898 color:ind from: 19/10/1900 till: 02/06/1901 color:seiyukai text:"Itō Hirobumi" bar:Kuroda from: 30/04/1888 till: 25/10/1889 color:ind text:"Kuroda Kiyotaka" bar:Sanjō from: 25/10/1889 till: 24/12/1889 color:ind text:"Sanjō Sanetomi (acting)" bar:Yamagata from: 24/12/1889 till: 06/05/1891 color:military from: 08/11/1898 till: 19/10/1900 color:military text:"Yamagata Aritomo" bar:Masayoshi from: 06/05/1891 till: 08/08/1892 color:ind from: 18/09/1896 till: 12/01/1898 color:ind text:"Matsukata Masayoshi" bar:Ōkuma from: 30/06/1898 till: 08/11/1898 color:kenseito from: 16/04/1914 till: 09/10/1916 color:doshikai text:"Ōkuma Shigenobu" bar:Katsura from: 02/06/1901 till: 07/01/1906 color:military from: 14/07/1908 till: 30/08/1911 color:military from: 21/12/1912 till: 20/02/1913 color:ind text:"Katsura Tarō" bar:Saionji from: 07/01/1906 till: 14/07/1908 color:ind 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till: 13/06/1945 color:iraa from: 13/06/1945 till: 17/08/1945 color:ind text:"Kantarō Suzuki" bar:PrinceHigashikuni from: 17/08/1945 till: 09/10/1945 color:ind text:"Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni" bar:Shidehara from: 09/10/1945 till: 22/05/1946 color:ind text:"Kijūrō Shidehara" bar:Yoshida from: 22/05/1946 till: 24/05/1947 color:liberal45 from: 15/10/1948 till: 10/12/1954 color:demlib text:"Shigeru Yoshida" bar:Katayama from: 24/05/1947 till: 10/03/1948 color:jsp text:"Tetsu Katayama" bar:Ashida from: 10/03/1948 till: 15/10/1948 color:democratic47 text:"Hitoshi Ashida" bar:HatoyamaI from: 10/12/1954 till: 22/11/1955 color:democratic54 from: 22/11/1955 till: 23/12/1956 color:ldp text:"Ichiro Hatoyama" bar:Ishibashi from: 23/12/1956 till: 25/02/1957 color:ldp text:"Tanzan Ishibashi" bar:Kishi from: 25/02/1957 till: 19/07/1960 color:ldp text:"Nobusuke Kishi" bar:Ikeda from: 19/07/1960 till: 09/11/1964 color:ldp text:"Hayato Ikeda" bar:Satō from: 09/11/1964 till: 07/07/1972 color:ldp text:"Eisaku Satō" bar:TanakaK from: 07/07/1972 till: 09/12/1974 color:ldp text:"Kakuei Tanaka" bar:Miki from: 09/12/1974 till: 24/12/1976 color:ldp text:"Takeo Miki" bar:FukudaT from: 24/12/1976 till: 07/12/1978 color:ldp text:"Takeo Fukuda" bar:Ōhira from: 07/12/1978 till: 12/06/1980 color:ldp text:"Masayoshi Ōhira" bar:SuzukiZ from: 17/07/1980 till: 27/11/1982 color:ldp text:"Zenkō Suzuki" bar:Nakasone from: 27/11/1982 till: 06/11/1987 color:ldp text:"Yasuhiro Nakasone" bar:Takeshita from: 06/11/1987 till: 03/07/1989 color:ldp text:"Noboru Takeshita" bar:Uno from: 03/07/1989 till: 10/08/1989 color:ldp text:"Sōsuke Uno" bar:Kaifu from: 10/08/1989 till: 05/11/1991 color:ldp text:"Toshiki Kaifu" bar:Miyazawa from: 05/11/1991 till: 09/08/1993 color:ldp text:"Kiichi Miyazawa" bar:Hosokawa from: 09/08/1993 till: 28/04/1994 color:jnp text:"Morihiro Hosokawa" bar:Hata from: 28/04/1994 till: 30/06/1994 color:jrp text:"Tsutomu Hata" bar:Murayama from: 30/06/1994 till: 11/01/1996 color:jsp text:"Tomiichi Murayama" bar:Hashimoto from: 11/01/1996 till: 30/07/1998 color:ldp text:"Ryutaro Hashimoto" bar:Obuchi from: 30/07/1998 till: 05/04/2000 color:ldp text:"Keizō Obuchi" bar:Mori from: 05/04/2000 till: 26/05/2001 color:ldp text:"Yoshirō Mori" bar:Koizumi from: 26/05/2001 till: 26/09/2006 color:ldp text:"Junichiro Koizumi" bar:AbeS from: 26/09/2006 till: 26/09/2007 color:ldp from: 26/12/2012 till: 16/09/2020 color:ldp text:"Shinzo Abe" bar:FukudaY from: 26/09/2007 till: 24/09/2008 color:ldp text:"Yasuo Fukuda" bar:Asō from: 24/09/2008 till: 16/09/2009 color:ldp text:"Tarō Asō" bar:HatoyamaY from: 16/09/2009 till: 08/06/2010 color:dpj text:"Yukio Hatoyama" bar:Kan from: 08/06/2010 till: 02/09/2011 color:dpj text:"Naoto Kan" bar:Noda from: 02/09/2011 till: 26/12/2012 color:dpj text:"Yoshihiko Noda" bar:Suga from: 16/09/2020 till: 04/10/2021 color:ldp text:"Yoshihide Suga" bar:Kishida from: 04/10/2021 till: 01/10/2024 color:ldp text:"Fumio Kishida" bar:Ishiba from: 01/10/2024 till: 21/10/2025 color:ldp text:"Shigeru Ishiba" bar:Takaichi from: 21/10/2025 till: color:ldp text:"Sanae Takaichi"
Relations between Japanese prime ministers
| Relations | Japanese prime ministers |
|---|---|
| brothers | 1. Nobusuke Kishi (older) and Eisaku Satō (younger) |
| grandfathers and grandsons | 2. Fumimaro Konoe and Morihiro Hosokawa |
| 3. Nobusuke Kishi and Shinzo Abe | |
| 4. Shigeru Yoshida and Tarō Asō | |
| 5. Ichirō Hatoyama and Yukio Hatoyama | |
| great-uncle and great-nephew | 6. Eisaku Satō and Shinzo Abe |
| father and son | 7. Takeo Fukuda and Yasuo Fukuda |
| father-in-law and son-in-law | 8. Zenkō Suzuki and Tarō Asō |
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