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List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan

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{{Infobox Political post

| post = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan

| native_name = {{lang|ja|内閣総理大臣夫人}}

| body =

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| image = Yoshiko Ishiba 20250110.jpg

| incumbent = Yoshiko Ishiba

| incumbentsince = 1 October 2024

| residence = Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei
(Prime Minister's Official Residence)

| formation = {{start date and age|1885|12|22|df=yes}}

| inaugural = Itō Umeko

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This is a list of spouses of prime ministers of Japan.

They have all been women as wives of male prime ministers, and the media often refers to the spouse as the "First Lady of Japan", however as the prime minister is not head of state but head of government in Japan, this differs considerably from its equivalent in the United States.

Role and duties

The role of the prime minister's consort is not an official position, and so they are not given a salary or official duties.

List of spouses

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
No.

! class="unsortable" |Portrait

! Name

! Tenure began

! Tenure ended

! class="unsortable" |Prime minister

1

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Umeko Ito.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Itō Umeko{{Cite book |last=Rose |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1c7q9cDpJAC&q=%22Ito+Umeko%22&pg=PA63 |title=Tsuda Umeko and Women's Education in Japan |date=1992 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0300051778 |page=63}}
伊藤 梅子
{{small|3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924}}

|22 December 1885

|30 April 1888

|Itō Hirobumi
{{small|married in 1866}}

2

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Countess kuroda takiko.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Kuroda Taki{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gihCAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Taki+Maruyama%22&pg=PA658 |title=Japan Weekly Mail |date=23 June 1906 |page=658}}
黒田 滝子
{{small|27 September 1863 – 1904}}

|30 April 1888

|25 October 1889

|Kuroda Kiyotaka
{{small|married on 10 December 1880}}

3

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Tomoko Yamagata 1 (cropped).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Yamagata Tomoko{{Cite web |last=Fudō |first=Takeshi |date=15 June 1999 |title=山県友子 |trans-title=Yamagata Tomoko |url=http://www.ofko.jp/mimigaku/meijijinbutsu/meiji-f2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150810/http://www.ofko.jp/mimigaku/meijijinbutsu/meiji-f2.htm |archive-date=14 July 2014 |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Meiji people file |language=Japanese}}
山縣 友子
{{small|13 June 1851 – 12 September 1893}}

|24 December 1889

|6 May 1891

|Yamagata Aritomo
{{small|married in 1868}}

4

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Misako Matsukata oil painting.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Matsukata Masako{{Cite book |last=Reischauer |first=Haru Matsukata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvmaskWH1XkC&q=Masako&pg=PA365 |title=Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American heritage |date=1986 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674788015 |page=2 |author-link=Haru M. Reischauer}}
松方 満佐子
{{small|18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920}}

|6 May 1891

|8 August 1892

|Matsukata Masayoshi
{{small|married in 1860}}

(1)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Umeko Ito.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Itō Umeko
伊藤 梅子
{{small|3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924}}

|8 August 1892

|31 August 1896

|Itō Hirobumi
{{small|married in 1866}}

(4)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Misako Matsukata oil painting.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Matsukata Masako
松方 満佐子
{{small|18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920}}

|18 September 1896

|12 January 1898

|Matsukata Masayoshi
{{small|married in 1860}}

(1)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Umeko Ito.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Itō Umeko
伊藤 梅子
{{small|3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924}}

|12 January 1898

|30 June 1898

|Itō Hirobumi
{{small|married in 1866}}

5

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Ohkuma Ayako.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Ōkuma Ayako{{Cite book |last=Oka |first=Yoshitake |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnKGAAAAIAAJ&q=Ayako+%C5%8Ckuma |title=Five political leaders of modern Japan: Itō Hirobumi, Ōkuma Shigenobu, Hara Takashi, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Saionji Kimmochi |date=1986 |publisher=University of Tokyo Press |isbn=9780860083795 |page=69}}
大隈 綾子
{{small|28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923}}

|30 June 1898

|8 November 1898

|Ōkuma Shigenobu
{{small|married in 1869}}

–

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|8 November 1898

|19 October 1900

|Yamagata Aritomo

(1)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Umeko Ito.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Itō Umeko
伊藤 梅子
{{small|3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924}}

|19 October 1900

|10 May 1901

|Itō Hirobumi
{{small|married in 1866}}

6

|

|Katsura Kanako{{Cite book |last=Lone |first=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raR9DAAAQBAJ&q=Kanako+Katsura&pg=PA90 |title=Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan: THe Three Careers of Katsura Taro |date=23 May 2000 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781403919632 |page=90}}
桂 可那子
{{small|20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940}}

|2 June 1901

|7 January 1906

|Katsura Tarō
{{small|married in 1891}}

–

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|7 January 1906

|14 July 1908

|Saionji Kinmochi

(6)

|

|Katsura Kanako
桂 可那子
{{small|20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940}}

|14 July 1908

|30 August 1911

|Katsura Tarō
{{small|married in 1891}}

–

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|30 August 1911

|21 December 1912

|Saionji Kinmochi

(6)

|

|Katsura Kanako
桂 可那子
{{small|20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940}}

|21 December 1912

|20 February 1913

|Katsura Tarō
{{small|married in 1891}}

7

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Tokiko Yamamoto.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Yamamoto Tokiko{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkTWAAAAMAAJ&q=Tokiko+Yamamoto |title=Time |date=1933 |publisher=Time Incorporated |volume=21 |page=107}}
山本 登喜子
{{small|6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933}}

|20 February 1913

|16 April 1914

|Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
{{small|married on 28 August 1878}}

(5)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Ohkuma Ayako.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Ōkuma Ayako
大隈 綾子
{{small|28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923}}

|16 April 1914

|9 October 1916

|Ōkuma Shigenobu
{{small|married in 1869}}

8

|

|Terauchi Taki{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s008AQAAIAAJ&q=Takiko |title=The Herald of Asia: A Review of Life and Progress in the Orient |date=1917 |volume=3 |page=387}}
寺内 タキ
{{small|18 January 1863 – 4 June 1920}}

|9 October 1916

|29 September 1918

|Terauchi Masatake
{{small|married on unknown date}}

9

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Mrs. Hara Asako 1921.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Hara Asa{{Cite web |title=Takashi Hara |url=https://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=129 |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Prominent People of Minato City}}
原 淺
{{small|1871 – 1923}}

|29 September 1918

|4 November 1921

|Hara Takashi
{{small|married in 1908}}

10

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Shinako Takahashi.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Takahashi Shina{{Cite book |last=Smethurst |first=Richard J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTNxAAAAMAAJ&q=Shina |title=From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes |date=2007 |publisher=Harvard University Asia Center |isbn=9780674026018 |page=59}}
高橋 志な
{{small|4 November 1865 – 31 May 1946}}

|13 November 1921

|12 June 1922

|Takahashi Korekiyo
{{small|married in 1890}}

11

|

|Kiyoko Katō{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Kiyoko Katō |encyclopedia=Pan-Pacific Who's Who |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDc5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Kiyo+Kato%22 |date=1941 |page=368}}
加藤 喜代子
{{small|25 December 1874 – 20 January 1940}}

|12 June 1922

|24 August 1923

|Katō Tomosaburō
{{small|married in 1890}}

(7)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Tokiko Yamamoto.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Yamamoto Tokiko
山本 登喜子
{{small|6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933}}

|2 September 1923

|7 January 1924

|Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
{{small|married on 28 August 1878}}

12

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Tōko Kiyoura.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Kiyoura Tōko{{Cite web |date=10 June 2010 |title=世界をこころに能動的に人生をつくる日本女性の才能を伸ばし教養を高め夢を育てます（品川女子学院中等部） |url=http://www.asahi.com/edu/student/netty/TKY201006100295.html |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Asahi Shimbun Digital |language=Japanese}}
清浦 錬子
{{small|24 March 1858 – 6 October 1944}}

|7 January 1924

|11 June 1924

|Kiyoura Keigo
{{small|married in 1873}}

13

|

|Katō Haruji{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdHoAAAAMAAJ&q=Yataro+Iwasaki+daughter |title=Japan Journal of Finance and Commerce |date=1951 |page=11}}
加藤 春路
{{small|17 March 1864 – December 1942}}

|11 June 1924

|28 January 1926

|Katō Takaaki
{{small|married in 1886}}

14

|

|Tokuko Wakatsuki{{Cite web |date=18 June 1930 |title=London Treaty Enhances Amity |url=https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/?a=d&d=tnj19300618-01.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxEA%7CtxEB%7CtxEC%7CtxED%7CtxEE%7CtxEF%7CtxEG%7CtxEH%7CtxEI%7CtxEJ%7CtxEK%7CtxEL%7CtxEM%7CtxEN------- |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection |publisher=The Nippu Jiji |location=Tokyo |page=10}}
若槻 德子
{{small|28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956}}

|28 January 1926

|20 April 1927

|Wakatsuki Reijirō
{{small|married in 1892}}

15

|

|Sute Tanaka{{Cite web |title=「田中 義一」の家系 |trans-title="Tanaka Giichi" family line |url=http://omoide.us.com/famous/$/no/7267/v/family/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012535/http://omoide.us.com/famous/$/no/7267/v/family/ |archive-date=5 November 2018 |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Omoide Album |language=Japanese}}
田中 壽天
{{small|24 August 1874 – September 1937}}

|20 April 1927

|2 July 1929

|Tanaka Giichi
{{small|married in 1893}}

16

|

|Natsu Hamaguchi{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Natsu Hamaguchi |encyclopedia=Who's Who in Japan, with Manchukuo and China |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXoLAAAAIAAJ&q=Natsu |date=1915 |page=86}}
濱口 夏
{{small|1873 – died on unknown date}}

|2 July 1929

|14 April 1931

|Hamaguchi Osachi
{{small|married in 1889}}

(14)

|

|Tokuko Wakatsuki
若槻 德子
{{small|28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956}}

|14 April 1931

|13 December 1931

|Wakatsuki Reijirō
{{small|married in 1892}}

17

|

|Chiyoko Inukai{{Cite web |date=16 May 1932 |title=Murdered Prime Minister of Japan and His Family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/146908275/ |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Pittsburgh Press}}
犬養 千代子
{{small|1865 – 25 August 1952}}

|13 December 1931

|15 May 1932

|Inukai Tsuyoshi
{{small|married in 1891}}

18

|

|Haruko Saitō{{Cite book |last=Inahara |first=Katsuji |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q13dXd25_04C&q=Haruko |title=The Japan Year Book |date=1937 |publisher=Foreign Affairs Association of Japan |volume=5 |page=138}}
齋藤 春子
{{small|10 March 1873 – 14 September 1971}}

|26 May 1932

|8 July 1934

|Saitō Makoto
{{small|married on 5 February 1892}}

–

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|8 July 1934

|9 March 1936

|Keisuke Okada

19

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Shizuko Hirota.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Shizuko Hirota{{Cite book |last=Stevens |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L13P2hF33PUC&q=Hirota+Shizuko&pg=PT146 |title=The Way of Judo: A Portrait of Jigoro Kano and His Students |date=13 August 2013 |publisher=Shambhala Publications |isbn=9780834829015}}
廣田 静子
{{small|1885 – 18 May 1946}}

|9 March 1936

|2 February 1937

|Kōki Hirota
{{small|married in 1905}}

20

|

|Hatsu Hayashi{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Hatsu Hayashi |encyclopedia=Who's Who in Japan |publisher=Who's Who in Japan Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f400AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Hayashi+Senjuro%22 |date=1939 |volume=21 |page=171}}
林 初治
{{small|1887 – died on unknown date}}

|2 February 1937

|4 June 1937

|Senjūrō Hayashi
{{small|married on unknown date}}

21

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Chiyoko Konoe (cropped).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Chiyoko Konoe{{Cite book |last=Oka |first=Yoshitake |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb1xAAAAMAAJ&q=Chiyoko |title=Konoe Fumimaro: a political biography |date=1983 |publisher=University of Tokyo Press |isbn=9780860083047 |page=8}}
近衞 千代子
{{small|11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980}}

|4 June 1937

|5 January 1939

|Fumimaro Konoe
{{small|married on unknown date}}

–

| colspan="2" |Vacant

|5 January 1939

|30 August 1939

|Hiranuma Kiichirō

22

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Mitsuko Abe.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Mitsuko Abe{{Cite web |title=「阿部 信行」の家系 |trans-title="Nobuyuki Abe" family line |url=http://omoide.us.com/famous/$/no/9301/v/family/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012551/http://omoide.us.com/famous/$/no/9301/v/family/ |archive-date=5 November 2018 |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=Omoide Album |language=Japanese}}
阿部 みつ子
{{small|1886 – died on unknown date}}

|30 August 1939

|16 January 1940

|Nobuyuki Abe
{{small|married on unknown date}}

23

|

|Koma Yonai{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Koma Yonai |encyclopedia=Who's Who in Japan |publisher=Who's Who in Japan Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f400AAAAIAAJ&q=Koma+Yonai |date=1939 |volume=21 |page=852}}
米内 こま
{{small|1888 – 1941}}

|16 January 1940

|22 July 1940

|Mitsumasa Yonai
{{small|married in 1906}}

(21)

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Chiyoko Konoe (cropped).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Chiyoko Konoe
近衞 千代子
{{small|11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980}}

|22 July 1940

|18 October 1941

|Fumimaro Konoe
{{small|married on unknown date}}

24

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Katsuko Tojo 1941.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Katsuko Tōjō{{Cite book |last=Coffey |first=Thomas M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PlmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Katsuko+Tojo%22 |title=Imperial Tragedy: Japan in World War II, the First Days and the Last |date=1970 |publisher=World Publishing Company |page=89}}
東條 かつ子
{{small|8 October 1890 – 29 May 1982}}

|17 October 1941

|22 July 1944

|Hideki Tojo
{{small|married on 11 April 1909}}

25

|

|Kaoruko Koiso{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Kaoruko Koiso |encyclopedia=Pan-Pacific Who's Who |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDc5AQAAIAAJ&q=Kaoruko |date=1941 |page=392}}
小磯 馨子
{{small|1887 – May 1950}}

|22 July 1944

|7 April 1945

|Kuniaki Koiso
{{small|married in 1907}}

26

|

|Taka Suzuki{{cite book |last1=Honjō |first1=Shigeru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0pxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Adachi+Taka%22 |title=Emperor Hirohito and His Chief Aide de Camp: The Honjō Diary, 1933-36 |last2=Hane |first2=Mikizō |date=1982 |publisher=University of Tokyo Press |isbn=9780860083191 |page=43 |author-link1=Shigeru Honjō}}
鈴木 たか
{{small|4 July 1883 – 23 September 1971}}

|7 April 1945

|17 August 1945

|Kantarō Suzuki
{{small|married in 1915}}

27

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Princess Higashikuni Toshiko.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Princess Toshiko Higashikuni{{Cite web |date=5 March 1978 |title=Toshiko Higashikuni |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/05/archives/obituary-7-no-title.html |access-date=4 January 2018 |website=The New York Times |location=Tokyo}}
稔彦王妃 聡子内親王
{{small|11 May 1896 – 5 March 1978}}

|17 August 1945

|9 October 1945

|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
{{small|married on 18 May 1915}}

28

|

|Masako Shidehara{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=George Ernest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRutfJcvOEgC&q=%22Shidehara+Masako%22&pg=PA894 |title=The Correspondence of G. E. Morrison 1912-1920 |date=1976 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521215619 |page=548}}
幣原 雅子
{{small|18 December 1881 – July 1956}}

|9 October 1945

|22 May 1946

|Kijūrō Shidehara
{{small|married in 1903}}

29

|

|Kiyo Yoshida{{Cite book |last=Downer |first=Lesley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxiG8KcWNdEC&q=Korin+Yoshida&pg=PT291 |title=Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha |date=2002-01-08 |publisher=Crown/Archetype |isbn=9780767909723}}
吉田 喜代
{{small|1904 – 2003}}

|22 May 1946

|24 May 1947

|Shigeru Yoshida
{{small|married in 1944}}

30

|

|Kikue Katayama{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8oVAAAAMAAJ&q=Kikue+Katayama |title=Translations on People's Republic of China |date=1978 |publisher=JPRS |page=93}}
片山 菊江
{{small|1894 – 1985}}

|24 May 1947

|10 March 1948

|Tetsu Katayama
{{small|married in 1913}}

31

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Ashida Sumiko.JPG|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Sumi Ashida{{Cite book |last=Watanabe |first=Akio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rG7TCwAAQBAJ&q=Ashida+Sumi&pg=PA57 |title=The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995: Their Lives and Times |date=29 April 2016 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9781498510028 |page=57}}
芦田 壽美
{{small|1895 – died on unknown date}}

|10 March 1948

|15 October 1948

|Hitoshi Ashida
{{small|married in 1918}}

(29)

|

|Kiyo Yoshida
吉田 喜代
{{small|1904 – 2003}}

|15 October 1948

|10 December 1954

|Shigeru Yoshida
{{small|married in 1944}}

32

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Kaoru Hatoyama, chancellor of the Kyoritsu Women's Educational Institution (1938).jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Kaoru Hatoyama{{Cite book |last=Itoh |first=Mayumi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTPIAAAAQBAJ&q=Hatoyama+Kaoru&pg=PA277 |title=The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership Through the Generations |date=2003 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781403981523 |page=2}}
鳩山 薫
{{small|21 November 1888 – 15 August 1982}}

|10 December 1954

|23 December 1956

|Ichirō Hatoyama
{{small|married on 18 September 1908}}

33

|

|Ume Ishibashi{{Cite book |last=Nolte |first=Sharon H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A9BjIlFwPX8C&q=Ishibashi+Tanzan+wife&pg=PA112 |title=Liberalism in Modern Japan: Ishibashi Tanzan and His Teachers, 1905-1960 |date=1987 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520057074 |page=112}}
石橋 うめ
{{small|1888 – August 1971}}

|23 December 1956

|25 February 1957

|Tanzan Ishibashi
{{small|married in November 1912}}

34

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Yoshiko Kishi.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Yoshiko Kishi{{Cite book |last=Kurzman |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkaGAAAAIAAJ&q=Kishi+Yoshiko |title=Kishi and Japan: The Search for the Sun |date=1960 |publisher=I. Obolensky |isbn=9780839210573 |page=85}}
岸 良子
{{small|1901 – 1980}}

|25 February 1957

|19 July 1960

|Nobusuke Kishi
{{small|married in November 1919}}

35

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Mitsue Ikeda.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Mitsue Ikeda{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=James Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YALptE82j04C&q=Ikeda+Mitsue&pg=PA267 |title=The Ministry of Finance: Bureaucratic Practices and the Transformation of the Japanese Economy |date=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9781567202304 |page=173}}
池田 滿枝
{{small|1913 – 9 January 2001}}

|19 July 1960

|9 November 1964

|Hayato Ikeda
{{small|married on unknown date}}

36

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Hiroko Satou Family1.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Hiroko Satō{{Cite book |last=Calder |first=Kent E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJmRHmghAQsC&q=Sato+Hiroko&pg=PA524 |title=Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability in Japan, 1949-1986 |date=21 February 1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=0691023387 |page=524}}
佐藤 寛子
{{small|5 January 1907 – 16 April 1987}}

|9 November 1964

|7 July 1972

|Eisaku Satō
{{small|married in 1926}}

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|Hana Tanaka{{Cite book |last=Schlesinger |first=Jacob M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xX4jLJz1HJIC&q=Tanaka+Hana&pg=PA29 |title=Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine |date=1999 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804734578 |page=29}}
田中 はな
{{small|1910 – 1995}}

|7 July 1972

|9 December 1974

|Kakuei Tanaka
{{small|married in 1942}}

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|Mutsuko Miki{{Cite web |date=4 August 2012 |title=Japanese activist, ex-first lady Mutsuko Miki dies at 95 |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/04/national/japanese-activist-ex-first-lady-mutsuko-miki-dies-at-95/#.Wk98tN-nHIU |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=The Japan Times |publisher=Kyodo News}}
三木 睦子
{{small|31 July 1917 – 31 July 2012}}

|9 December 1974

|24 December 1976

|Takeo Miki
{{small|married in 1940}}

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|Mie Fukuda{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZcsAAAAMAAJ&q=Mie |title=Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Issues 203-211 |date=1978 |publisher=National Technical Information Service |page=4}}
福田 三枝
{{small|14 February 1912 – 16 September 2013}}

|24 December 1976

|7 December 1978

|Takeo Fukuda
{{small|married in 1933}}

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|Shigeko Ōhira{{Cite book |last=Rothacher |first=Albrecht |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQC_DAAAQBAJ&q=Ohira+Shigeko&pg=PA88 |title=The Japanese Power Elite |date=27 July 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781349229932 |page=88}}
大平 志げ子
{{small|1916 – 1990}}

|7 December 1978

|12 June 1980

|Masayoshi Ōhira
{{small|married on 15 April 1937}}

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|Sachi Suzuki{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjBRAQAAMAAJ&q=Sachi |title=Official Gazette |date=1981 |volume=77 |page=91}}
鈴木 さち
{{small|1919 – 22 March 2015}}

|12 June 1980

|27 November 1982

|Zenkō Suzuki
{{small|married on 2 November 1939}}

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|Tsutako Nakasone{{Cite web |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=27 November 1982 |title=Man in the News; Japan's New Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/27/world/man-in-the-news-japan-s-new-prime-minister-yasuhiro-nakasone.html |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=The New York Times}}
中曾根　蔦子
{{small|30 October 1921 – 7 November 2012}}

|27 November 1982

|6 November 1987

|Yasuhiro Nakasone
{{small|married on 11 February 1945}}

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|{{CSS image crop|Image=Naoko Takeshita.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Naoko Takeshita{{Cite web |last=Haberman |first=Clyde |date=20 October 1987 |title=Man in the News; A 'Step-by-Step' Leader for Japan: Noboru Takeshita |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/20/world/man-in-the-news-a-step-by-step-leader-for-japan-noboru-takeshita.html |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=The New York Times |location=Tokyo}}
竹下 直子
{{small|9 September 1926 – 20 September 2010}}

|6 November 1987

|3 June 1989

|Noboru Takeshita
{{small|married in 1946}}

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|Chiyo Uno{{Cite book |last1=Yunoki |first1=Hiroshi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BV-GAAAAIAAJ&q=%E5%BC%98%E5%AD%90 |title=宇野宗佑・全人像 |last2=Numata |first2=Daisuke |date=1988 |publisher=行研 |isbn=9784905786672 |page=121 |language=Japanese |trans-title=Sōsuke Uno・Whole Figure}}
宇野 千代
{{small|1 November 1924 – 10 August 2015}}

|3 June 1989

|10 August 1989

|Sōsuke Uno
{{small|married on 22 February 1947}}

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|Sachiyo Kaifu{{Cite web |last=Weisman |first=Steven R. |date=9 August 1989 |title=Man in the News: Toshiki Kaifu; Japan's Troubled Successor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/09/world/man-in-the-news-toshiki-kaifu-japan-s-troubled-successor.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=The New York Times |location=Tokyo}}
海部 幸世
{{small|born 1933}}

|10 August 1989

|5 November 1991

|Toshiki Kaifu
{{small|married in 1955}}

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|Yoko Miyazawa{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Hsien Loong |author-link=Lee Hsien Loong |date=29 June 2007 |title=Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Condolence Letter to Mrs. Yoko Miyazawa |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/20070629978.pdf |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=National Archives of Singapore}}
宮澤 庸子
{{small|18 February 1920 — 4 May 2014}}

|5 November 1991

|9 August 1993

|Kiichi Miyazawa
{{small|married on 30 November 1943}}

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|Kayoko Hosokawa{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWeGAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Kayoko+Hosokawa%22 |title=Japanese Magazine Review |date=1994 |publisher=The Office |page=35}}
細川 佳代子
{{small|born 14 September 1942}}

|9 August 1993

|28 April 1994

|Morihiro Hosokawa
{{small|married in 1971}}

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|Ayako Hata{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AFPysGqJ9YC&q=Yasuko |title=Daily Report: East Asia, Issues 94-104 |date=16 May 1994 |publisher=The Service |page=20}}
羽田 綏子
{{small|born 1949}}

|28 April 1994

|30 June 1994

|Tsutomu Hata
{{small|married on 5 December 1965}}

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|Yoshie Murayama{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-BXAAAAMAAJ&q=Yoshie |title=Daily Summary of Japanese Press |date=1996 |publisher=American Embassy |page=17}}
村山 ヨシヱ
{{small|born 1926}}

|30 June 1994

|11 January 1996

|Tomiichi Murayama
{{small|married in 1953}}

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|Kumiko Hashimoto{{Cite web |last=Hashimoto |first=Kumiko |date=19 April 2007 |title=Remarks by Mrs Kumiko Hashimoto, Wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto |url=https://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/hashimoto_speech/en/ |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=World Health Organization}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
橋本 久美子
{{small|born 1941}}

|11 January 1996

|30 July 1998

|Ryutaro Hashimoto
{{small|married in 1966}}

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|Chizuko Obuchi{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Calvin |date=15 May 2000 |title=Keizo Obuchi, Premier Who Brought Stability as Japan's Economy Faltered, Dies at 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/15/world/keizo-obuchi-premier-who-brought-stability-japan-s-economy-faltered-dies-62.html |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=The New York Times}}
小渕 千鶴子
{{small|born 16 August 1940}}

|30 July 1998

|5 April 2000

|Keizō Obuchi
{{small|married in 1967}}

52

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Chieko Mori 200011 ASEAN+3 5.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Chieko Mori{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXO6AAAAIAAJ&q=Mori+Chieko |title=Daily Summary of Japanese Press |date=2000 |publisher=American Embassy |page=38 |issue=4}}
森 智恵子
{{small|born 24 January 1937}}

|5 April 2000

|26 April 2001

|Yoshirō Mori
{{small|married in November 1961}}

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|26 April 2001

|26 September 2006

|Junichirō Koizumi

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|Akie Abe{{Cite web |last=Estepa |first=Jessica |date=20 July 2017 |title=Despite what President Trump said, Japan's Akie Abe does speak English |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/20/akie-abe-does-speak-english/497387001/ |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=USA Today}}
安倍 昭恵
{{small|born 10 June 1962}}

|26 September 2006

|26 September 2007

|Shinzo Abe
{{small|married in June 1987}}

54

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Kiyoko Fukuda 20080707.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Kiyoko Fukuda{{Cite web |date=8 July 2008 |title=Luncheon hosted by Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda |url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2008/info/pdf/0708_03.pdf |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}
福田 貴代子
{{small|born 13 January 1944}}

|26 September 2007

|24 September 2008

|Yasuo Fukuda
{{small|married in 1966}}

55

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Chikako Asō.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Chikako Asō{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O326AAAAIAAJ&q=Chikako |title=Daily Summary of Japanese Press |date=2006 |publisher=American Embassy |page=23 |issue=5}}
麻生 千賀子
{{small|born 30 May 1950}}

|24 September 2008

|16 September 2009

|Tarō Asō
{{small|married in 1983}}

56

|{{CSS image crop|Image=Miyuki Hatoyama.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Miyuki Hatoyama{{Cite web |author= |date=2 September 2009 |title=Japan's new first lady says rode UFO to Venus |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-election-alien/japans-new-first-lady-says-rode-ufo-to-venus-idUSTRE5812DV20090902 |work=Reuters}}
鳩山 幸
{{small|born 28 June 1943}}

|16 September 2009

|8 June 2010

|Yukio Hatoyama
{{small|married in 1975}}

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|Nobuko Kan{{Cite web |last=Lah |first=Kyung |date=23 July 2010 |title=Japanese PM slammed by wife in new book |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/japan.first.lady.book/index.html |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=CNN |location=Tokyo}}
菅 伸子
{{small|born 3 October 1945}}

|8 June 2010

|2 September 2011

|Naoto Kan
{{small|married in 1970}}

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|Hitomi Noda{{Cite web |date=1 September 2011 |title='First lady' Hitomi Noda prefers to stay out of limelight |url=https://japantoday.com/category/politics/first-lady-hitomi-noda-prefers-to-stay-out-of-limelight |access-date=5 January 2018 |website=Japan Today}}
野田 仁実
{{small|born 7 June 1963}}

|2 September 2011

|26 December 2012

|Yoshihiko Noda
{{small|married in 1992}}

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|{{CSS image crop|Image=Akie_Abe.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=150|oTop=0|oLeft=0|Location=center}}

|Akie Abe
安倍 昭恵
{{small|born 10 June 1962}}

|26 December 2012

|16 September 2020

|Shinzo Abe
{{small|married in June 1987}}

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|Mariko Suga
菅 真理子
{{small|born 28 November 1953}}

|16 September 2020

|4 October 2021

|Yoshihide Suga
{{small|married on unknown date}}

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|Yuko Kishida
岸田 裕子
{{small|born 15 August 1964}}

|4 October 2021

|1 October 2024

|Fumio Kishida
{{small|married in 1988}}

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|Yoshiko Ishiba
石破 佳子
{{small|born 26 August 1956}}

|1 October 2024

|Incumbent

|Shigeru Ishiba
{{small|married in 1983}}

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