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Minister of Finance
Goshichi no kiri.svg
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Shunichi Suzuki 20211004.jpg
Incumbent
Shunichi Suzuki

since 4 October 2021
Ministry of Finance
Style His Excellency
Member of Cabinet of Japan
National Security Council
Reports to Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer Prime Minister of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
Precursor "Treasury Minister" (大蔵大臣, Ōkura Daijin)
Formation January 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-06)
Deputy State Minister of Finance
Salary ¥20,916,000

The Minister of Finance (財務大臣, Zaimu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

Until 2001, the Japanese title was "Treasury Minister" (大蔵大臣, Ōkura Daijin). Both the current and previous title are translated as "Minister of Finance".

The current minister is Shunichi Suzuki, who took office on 4 October 2021.

List of ministers

Prewar (1900–1946)

# Name Took office Left office
1 Masayoshi Matsukata 1885 1892
Watanabe Kunitake 1892 1895
2 Masakata Matsukata 1895 1895
3 Watanabe Kunitake 1895 1896
4 Masayoshi Matsukata 1896 1898
5 Inoue Kaoru 1898 1898
6 Matsuda Masahisa 1898 1898
7 Masakata Matsukata 1898 1900
8 Watanabe Kunitake 1900 1901
9 Saionji Kinmochi 1901 1901
10 Sone Arasuke 1901 1906
11 Yoshiro Sakatani 1906 1908
12 Matsuda Masahisa 1908 1908
Katsura Tarō 1908 1911
Yamamoto Tatsuo 1911 1912
Wakatsuki Reijirō
(1st)
1912 1913
Takahashi Korekiyo
(1st)
1913 1914
Wakatsuki Reijirō
(2nd)
1914 1915
Taketomi Tokitoshi 1915 1916
Terauchi Masatake 1916 1916
Kazue Shōda
(1st)
1916 1918
Takahashi Korekiyo
(2nd)
1918 1922
Otohiko Ichiki 1922 1923
Junnosuke Inoue
(1st)
1923 1924
Kazue Shōda
(2nd)
1924 1924
Osachi Hamaguchi 1924 1925
Seiji Hayami 1925 1925
Kataoka Naoharu 1925 1927
Takahashi Korekiyo
(3rd)
1927 1927
Chuzo Mitsuchi 1927 1929
Junnosuke Inoue
(2nd)
1929 1931
Takahashi Korekiyo
(4th)
1931 1934
Sadanobu Fujii 1934 1934
Takahashi Korekiyo
(5th)
1934 1936
Machida Chūji 1936 1936
Eiichi Baba 1936 1937
Toyotaro Yuki 1937 1937
Okinori Kaya
(1st)
1937 1938
Shigeaki Ikeda 1938 1939
Sotaro Ishiwata
(1st)
1939 1939
Kazuo Aoki 1939 1940
Yukio Sakurauchi 1940 1940
Isao Kawada 1940 1941
Masatsune Ogura 1941 1941
Okinori Kaya
(2nd)
1941 1944
Sotaro Ishiwata
(2nd)
1944 1945
Juichi Tsushima 1945 1945
Keizō Shibusawa 1945 1946

Postwar (1946–present)

      Liberal (1945)
      Socialist
      Ryokufūkai
      Democratic (1947)
      Democratic Liberal
      Liberal (1950)
      Independent
      Democratic (1954)
      Liberal Democratic
      Japan New Party
      New Party Sakigake
      Japan Renewal Party
      Democratic

Finance Minister Term of office Prime Minister
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Days
32 TANZAN ISHIBASHI.jpg Tanzan Ishibashi May 22, 1946 May 24, 1947 367 Shigeru Yoshida
- Tetsu Katayama.jpg Tetsu Katayama
(Acting)
May 24, 1947 June 1, 1947 8 Tetsu Katayama
33 Yano Shotaro.jpg Shōtarō Yano June 1, 1947 June 25, 1947 24
34 Kurusu Takeo.JPG Takeo Kurusu June 25, 1947 March 10, 1948 259
35 Kitamura Tokutaro.JPG Tokutarō Kitamura March 10, 1948 October 15, 1948 223 Hitoshi Ashida
36 Sanroku Izumiyama.jpg Sanroku Izumiyama October 19, 1948 December 14, 1948 56 Shigeru Yoshida
37 Shinzō Ōya.jpg Shinzō Ōya
(Interim)
December 14, 1948 February 16, 1949 64
38 Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg Hayato Ikeda February 16, 1949 October 30, 1952 1352
39 Tadaharu Mukai.jpg Tadaharu Mukai October 30, 1952 May 21, 1953 203
40 Ogasawara-Sankuro-1.jpg Sankurō Ogasawara May 21, 1953 December 10, 1954 568
41 ICHIMADA Hisato.jpg Hisato Ichimada December 10, 1954 November 22, 1955 744 Ichirō Hatoyama
November 22, 1955 December 23, 1956
(38) Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg Hayato Ikeda December 23, 1956 July 10, 1957 199 Tanzan Ishibashi
Nobusuke Kishi
(41) ICHIMADA Hisato.jpg Hisato Ichimada July 10, 1957 June 12, 1958 337
42 Eisaku Sato.jpg Eisaku Satō June 12, 1958 July 19, 1960 768
43 Mikio Mizuta.jpg Mikio Mizuta July 19, 1960 July 18, 1962 729 Hayato Ikeda
44 Tanaka Cropped.jpg Kakuei Tanaka July 18, 1962 June 3, 1965 1051
Eisaku Satō
45 Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg Takeo Fukuda June 3, 1965 December 3, 1966 548
(43) Mikio Mizuta.jpg Mikio Mizuta December 3, 1966 November 30, 1968 728
(45) Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg Takeo Fukuda November 30, 1968 July 5, 1971 947
(43) Mikio Mizuta.jpg Mikio Mizuta July 5, 1971 July 7, 1972 368
46 Goshichi no kiri.svg Koshiro Ueki July 7, 1972 December 22, 1972 168 Kakuei Tanaka
47 Kiichi Aichi.jpg Kiichi Aichi December 22, 1972 November 23, 1973 336
(45) Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg Takeo Fukuda November 25, 1973 July 16, 1974 233
48 Masayoshi Ohira.jpg Masayoshi Ōhira July 16, 1974 December 24, 1976 892
Takeo Miki
49 Goshichi no kiri.svg Hideo Bo December 24, 1976 November 28, 1977 339 Takeo Fukuda
50 Goshichi no kiri.svg Tatsuo Murayama November 28, 1977 December 7, 1978 374
51 Goshichi no kiri.svg Ippei Kaneko December 7, 1978 November 9, 1979 337 Masayoshi Ōhira
52 Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg Noboru Takeshita November 9, 1979 July 17, 1980 251
53 Michio Watanabe 1993.jpg Michio Watanabe July 17, 1980 November 27, 1982 863 Zenkō Suzuki
(52) Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg Noboru Takeshita November 27, 1982 July 22, 1986 1333 Yasuhiro Nakasone
54 Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg Kiichi Miyazawa July 22, 1986 December 9, 1988 871
Noboru Takeshita
(52) Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg Noboru Takeshita
(Acting)
December 9, 1988 December 27, 1988 18
(50) Goshichi no kiri.svg Tatsuo Murayama December 27, 1988 August 10, 1989 226
Sosuke Uno
55 Ryutaro Hashimoto 19960111.jpg Ryutaro Hashimoto August 10, 1989 October 14, 1991 795 Toshiki Kaifu
- Toshiki Kaifu 19890810.jpg Toshiki Kaifu
(Acting)
October 14, 1991 November 5, 1991 22
56 Tsutomu Hata cropped Tsutomu Hata 199404.jpg Tsutomu Hata November 5, 1991 December 12, 1992 403 Kiichi Miyazawa
57 Goshichi no kiri.svg Yoshiro Hayashi December 12, 1992 August 9, 1993 240
58 Hisahiro Fujii cropped 1 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting 20091003.jpg Hirohisa Fujii August 9, 1993 June 30, 1994 325 Morihiro Hosokawa
Tsutomu Hata
59 Goshichi no kiri.svg Masayoshi Takemura June 30, 1994 January 11, 1996 560 Tomiichi Murayama
60 Goshichi no kiri.svg Wataru Kubo January 11, 1996 November 7, 1996 301 Ryutaro Hashimoto
61 Goshichi no kiri.svg Hiroshi Mitsuzuka November 7, 1996 January 28, 1998 447
62 Hikaru Matsunaga.jpg Hikaru Matsunaga January 30, 1998 July 30, 1998 181
(54) Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg Kiichi Miyazawa July 30, 1998 April 26, 2001 1001 Keizo Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
63 Masajuro Shiokawa cropped 2 Finance Ministers of G7 20030412.jpg Masajuro Shiokawa April 26, 2001 September 22, 2003 879 Junichiro Koizumi
64 Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-2.jpg Sadakazu Tanigaki September 22, 2003 September 26, 2006 1100
65 Koji Omi.jpg Kōji Omi September 26, 2006 August 27, 2007 335 Shinzō Abe
66 Nukaga Fukushiro 1-2.jpg Fukushiro Nukaga August 27, 2007 August 2, 2008 341
Yasuo Fukuda
67 사본 -8632564647 fb1ba67294 o.jpg Bunmei Ibuki August 2, 2008 September 24, 2008 53
68 Shoichi Nakagawa cropped.jpg Shōichi Nakagawa September 24, 2008 February 18, 2009 147 Tarō Asō
69 Kaoru Yosano cropped 1 Timothy Geithner and Kaoru Yosano 20090424.jpg Kaoru Yosano February 18, 2009 September 16, 2009 210
(58) Hisahiro Fujii cropped 1 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting 20091003.jpg Hirohisa Fujii September 16, 2009 January 6, 2010 112 Yukio Hatoyama
70 Kan Naoto.jpg Naoto Kan January 6, 2010 June 8, 2010 153
71 Secretary Geithner Greets Japanese Prime Minister Noda (8079678592) cropped.jpg Yoshihiko Noda June 8, 2010 September 2, 2011 451 Naoto Kan
72 Minister Azumi.jpg Jun Azumi September 2, 2011 October 1, 2012 395 Yoshihiko Noda
73 Koriki Jojima.jpg Koriki Jojima October 1, 2012 December 26, 2012 86
74 Tarō Asō 20170920.jpg Tarō Asō December 26, 2012 October 4, 2021 3204 Shinzō Abe
Yoshihide Suga
75 Shunichi Suzuki 20211004.jpg Shunichi Suzuki October 4, 2021 Incumbent 1156 Fumio Kishida
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