Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi 2025–present

Shigeru Ishiba 2024–2025 Fumio Kishida 2021–2024 Yoshihide Suga 2020–2021 Shinzo Abe 2012–2020 Yoshihiko Noda 2011–2012 Naoto Kan 2010–2011 Yukio Hatoyama 2009–2010 Tarō Asō 2008–2009 Yasuo Fukuda 2007–2008 Shinzo Abe 2006–2007 Junichiro Koizumi 2001–2006 Yoshirō Mori 2000–2001 Keizō Obuchi 1998–2000 Ryutaro Hashimoto 1996–1998 Tomiichi Murayama 1994–1996 Tsutomu Hata 1994 Morihiro Hosokawa 1993–1994 Kiichi Miyazawa 1991–1993 Toshiki Kaifu 1989–1991 Sōsuke Uno 1989 Noboru Takeshita 1987–1989 Yasuhiro Nakasone 1982–1987 Zenkō Suzuki 1980–1982 Masayoshi Ito 1980 Masayoshi Ōhira 1978–1980 Takeo Fukuda 1976–1978 Takeo Miki 1974–1976 Kakuei Tanaka 1972–1974 Eisaku Satō 1964–1972 Hayato Ikeda 1960–1964 Nobusuke Kishi 1957–1960 Tanzan Ishibashi 1956–1957 Ichirō Hatoyama 1954–1956 Shigeru Yoshida 1948–1954 Hitoshi Ashida 1948 Tetsu Katayama 1947–1948 Shigeru Yoshida 1946–1947 Kijūrō Shidehara 1945–1946 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 1945 Kantarō Suzuki 1945 Kuniaki Koiso 1944–1945 Hideki Tojo 1941–1944 Fumimaro Konoe 1940–1941 Mitsumasa Yonai 1940 Nobuyuki Abe 1939–1940 Kiichirō Hiranuma 1939 Fumimaro Konoe 1937–1939 Senjūrō Hayashi 1937 Kōki Hirota 1936–1937 Okada Keisuke 1934–1936 Saitō Makoto 1932–1934 Takahashi Korekiyo Acting Prime Minister 1932 Inukai Tsuyoshi 1931–1932 Wakatsuki Reijirō 1931 Kijūrō Shidehara Acting Prime Minister 1930–1931 Hamaguchi Osachi 1929–1931 Tanaka Giichi 1927–1929 Wakatsuki Reijirō 1926–1927 Katō Takaaki 1924–1926 Kiyoura Keigo 1924 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 1923–1924 Katō Tomosaburō 1922–1923 Takahashi Korekiyo 1921–1922 Hara Takashi 1918–1921 Terauchi Masatake 1916–1918 Ōkuma Shigenobu 1914–1916 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 1913–1914 Katsura Tarō 1912–1913 Saionji Kinmochi 1911–1912 Katsura Tarō 1908–1911 Saionji Kinmochi 1906–1908 Katsura Tarō 1901–1906 Saionji Kinmochi Acting Prime Minister 1901 Itō Hirobumi 1900–1901 Yamagata Aritomo 1898–1900 Ōkuma Shigenobu 1898 Itō Hirobumi 1898 Matsukata Masayoshi 1896–1898 Kuroda Kiyotaka Acting Prime Minister 1896 Itō Hirobumi 1892–1896 Matsukata Masayoshi 1891–1892 Yamagata Aritomo 1889–1891 Sanjō Sanetomi 1889 Kuroda Kiyotaka 1888–1889 Itō Hirobumi 1885–1888