Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

{{Short description|Chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan}}

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The {{nihongo|minister for foreign affairs|外務大臣|Gaimu Daijin}} is a member of the cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is responsible for implementing Japan's foreign policy and is also a statutory member of the National Security Council. The minister is nominated by the prime minister and is appointed by the emperor of Japan.

Since the end of the allied occupation of Japan, the position has been one of the most powerful in the cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on foreign relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe to establish a more interventionist foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position.

The current minister for foreign affairs is Takeshi Iwaya, who took office on October 1, 2024.{{cite news |last1=Kishida Appointing |first1=New Foreign Minister |title=Kishida set to tap former education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to be Japan's top diplomat |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/06/national/politics-diplomacy/kishida-taps-former-education-minister-yoshimasa-hayashi-japans-top-diplomat/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The Japan Times |publisher=Kyodo Staff News |date=6 November 2021}}

List of ministers for foreign affairs

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) =

#	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
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1	90px	Count Inoue Kaoru	December 1885	September 1887
–	90px	Count *Itō Hirobumi*	*September 1887*	*February 1888*
2	90px	Count Ōkuma Shigenobu {{br}} (1st)	February 1888	December 1889
3	90px	Viscount Aoki Shūzō {{br}} (1st)	December 1889	May 1891
4	90px	Viscount Enomoto Takeaki	May 1891	August 1892
5	90px	Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu	August 1892	May 1896
6	90px	Marquis Saionji Kinmochi {{br}} (1st)	May 1896	September 1896
2	90px	Count Ōkuma Shigenobu {{br}} (2nd)	September 1896	November 1897
7	90px	Baron Nishi Tokujirō	November 1897	January 1898
2	90px	Count Ōkuma Shigenobu {{br}} (3rd)	January 1898	June 1898
3	90px	Viscount Aoki Shūzō {{br}} (2nd)	June 1898	October 1900
8	90px	Katō Takaaki {{br}} (1st)	October 1900	June 1901
9	90px	Sone Arasuke	June 1901	September 1901
10	90px	Baron Komura Jutarō {{br}} (1st)	September 1901	January 1906
8	90px	Katō Takaaki {{br}} (2nd)	January 1906	March 1906
6	90px	Marquis Saionji Kinmochi {{br}} (2nd)	March 1906	May 1906
11	90px	Count Hayashi Tadasu	May 1906	July 1908
12	90px	General Viscount Terauchi Masatake {{br}} (1st)	July 1908	August 1908
10	90px	Marquis Komura Jutarō {{br}} (2nd)	August 1908	August 1911
13	90px	Viscount Uchida Kosai {{br}} (1st)	August 1911	December 1912
14	90px	Prince Katsura Tarō	December 1912	January 1913
8	90px	Baron Katō Takaaki {{br}} (3rd)	January 1913	February 1913
15	90px	Baron Makino Nobuaki	February 1913	April 1914
8	90px	Baron Katō Takaaki {{br}} (4th)	April 1914	August 1915
2	90px	Count Ōkuma Shigenobu {{br}} (4th)	August 1915	October 1915
16	90px	Viscount Ishii Kikujirō	October 1915	October 1916
12	90px	Marshal Count Terauchi Masatake {{br}} (2nd)	October 1916	November 1916
17	90px	Viscount Motono Ichirō	November 1916	April 1918
18	90px	Baron Gotō Shinpei	April 1918	September 1918
13	90px	Count Uchida Kosai {{br}} (2nd)	September 1918	2 September 1923
19	90px	Admiral Count Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	2 September 1923	19 September 1923
20	90px	Baron Ijuin Hikokichi	September 1923	January 1924
21	90px	Baron Matsui Keishirō	January 1924	June 1924
22	90px	Baron Kijūrō Shidehara {{br}} (1st)	June 1924	April 1927
23	90px	Baron Tanaka Giichi	April 1927	July 1929
22	90px	Baron Kijūrō Shidehara {{br}} (2nd)	July 1929	December 1931
24	90px	Inukai Tsuyoshi	December 1931	January 1932
25	90px	Kenkichi Yoshizawa	January 1932	May 1932
26	90px	Admiral Viscount Saitō Makoto	May 1932	July 1932
13	90px	Count Uchida Kosai {{br}} (3rd)	July 1932	September 1933
27	90px	Kōki Hirota {{br}} (1st)	September 1933{{efn\|Appointed as Prime Minister during the tenure.}}	April 1936
28	90px	Hachirō Arita {{br}} (1st)	April 1936	February 1937
29	90px	Senjuro Hayashi	February 1937	March 1937
30	90px	Naotake Satō	March 1937	June 1937
27	90px	Kōki Hirota {{br}} (2nd)	June 1937	May 1938
31	90px	General Kazushige Ugaki	May 1938	September 1938
32	90px	Prince Fumimaro Konoe	September 1938	October 1938
28	90px	Hachirō Arita {{br}} (2nd)	October 1938	January 1939
33	90px	General Nobuyuki Abe	January 1939	August 1939
34	90px	Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura	August 1939	January 1940
28	90px	Hachirō Arita {{br}} (3rd)	January 1940	July 1940
35	90px	Yōsuke Matsuoka	July 1940	July 1941
36	90px	Admiral Teijirō Toyoda	July 1941	October 1941
37	90px	Shigenori Tōgō {{br}} (1st)	October 1941	September 1942
38	90px	General Hideki Tōjō	1 September 1942	17 September 1942
39	90px	Masayuki Tani	September 1942	April 1943
40	90px	Mamoru Shigemitsu {{br}} (1st)	April 1943	April 1945
41	90px	Admiral Baron Kantarō Suzuki	April 1945	April 1945
37	90px	Shigenori Tōgō {{br}} (2nd)	April 1945	August 1945
40	90px	Mamoru Shigemitsu {{br}} (2nd)	August 1945	September 1945

= Postwar Japan (1945–present) =

{{legend2|{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}|Liberal (1945)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan Progressive Party}}|Progressive|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan Socialist Party}}|Socialist|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}}|Democratic (1947)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}|Democratic Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}|Liberal (1950)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan Democratic Party (1954)}}|Democratic (1954)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Liberal Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan Renewal Party}}|Japan Renewal Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Japan New Party}}|Japan New Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Liberal League (Japan)}}|Liberal League|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}|Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=4\|Foreign Minister !colspan=3\|Term of office ! style="width:160px;" rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Prime Minister
# !colspan=2\|Portrait !width=180px\|Name !Took office !Left office !Days
rowspan=3\|43 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}" rowspan=3\| \|rowspan=3\|100px \|rowspan=3\|Shigeru Yoshida \|rowspan=3\|September 15, 1945 \|rowspan=3\|May 24, 1947 \|rowspan=3\| {{age in days\|1945\|9\|15\|1947\|5\|24}} !style="background-color: #be0026" \| \|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Progressive Party}}" \| \|Kijūrō Shidehara
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}" \| \|Shigeru Yoshida
- !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \|100px \|Tetsu Katayama \|May 24, 1947 \|June 1, 1947 \| {{age in days\|1947\|5\|24\|1947\|6\|1}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Tetsu Katayama
rowspan=2\|44 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Hitoshi Ashida \|rowspan=2\|June 1, 1947 \|rowspan=2\|October 15, 1948 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1947\|6\|1\|1948\|10\|15}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}}" \| \|Hitoshi Ashida
rowspan=2\|(43) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}" \| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Shigeru Yoshida \|rowspan=2\|October 15, 1948 \|rowspan=2\|April 30, 1952 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1948\|10\|15\|1952\|4\|30}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}" \| \|rowspan=3\|Shigeru Yoshida
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}" \| !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}" rowspan=2\|
45 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}" \| \|100px \|Katsuo Okazaki \|April 30, 1952 \|December 10, 1954 \| {{age in days\|1952\|4\|30\|1954\|12\|10}}
rowspan=2\|(40) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Democratic Party (1954)}}" \| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Mamoru Shigemitsu \|December 10, 1954 \|November 22, 1955 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1954\|12\|10\|1956\|12\|23}} \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Democratic Party (1954)}}" \| \|rowspan=2\|Ichirō Hatoyama
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|November 22, 1955 \|December 23, 1956 \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \|
- !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Tanzan Ishibashi \|December 23, 1956 \|December 23, 1956 \| {{age in days\|1956\|12\|23\|1956\|12\|23}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Tanzan Ishibashi
rowspan=2\|46 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Nobusuke Kishi \|rowspan=2\|December 23, 1956 \|rowspan=2\|July 10, 1957 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1956\|12\|23\|1957\|7\|10}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Nobusuke Kishi
47 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Aiichirō Fujiyama \|July 10, 1957 \|July 19, 1960 \| {{age in days\|1957\|7\|10\|1960\|7\|19}}
48 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Zentaro Kosaka \|July 19, 1960 \|July 18, 1962 \| {{age in days\|1960\|7\|19\|1962\|7\|18}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=3\| \|rowspan=3\|Hayato Ikeda
49 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Masayoshi Ōhira \|July 18, 1962 \|July 18, 1964 \| {{age in days\|1962\|7\|18\|1964\|7\|18}}
rowspan=2\|50 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Shiina Etsusaburo \|rowspan=2\|July 18, 1964 \|rowspan=2\|December 3, 1966 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1964\|7\|18\|1966\|12\|3}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=5\| \|rowspan=5\|Eisaku Satō
51 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Takeo Miki \|December 3, 1966 \|October 29, 1968 \| {{age in days\|1966\|12\|3\|1968\|10\|29}}
- !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Eisaku Satō \|October 29, 1968 \|November 30, 1968 \| {{age in days\|1968\|10\|29\|1968\|11\|30}}
52 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Kiichi Aichi \|November 30, 1968 \|July 9, 1971 \| {{age in days\|1968\|11\|30\|1971\|7\|9}}
53 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Takeo Fukuda \|July 9, 1971 \|July 7, 1972 \| {{age in days\|1971\|7\|9\|1972\|7\|7}}
(49) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Masayoshi Ōhira \|July 7, 1972 \|July 16, 1974 \| {{age in days\|1972\|7\|7\|1974\|7\|16}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Kakuei Tanaka
54 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Toshio Kimura \|July 16, 1974 \|December 9, 1974 \| {{age in days\|1974\|7\|16\|1974\|12\|9}}
55 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Kiichi Miyazawa \|December 9, 1974 \|September 5, 1976 \| {{age in days\|1974\|12\|9\|1976\|9\|15}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Takeo Miki
(48) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Zentaro Kosaka \|September 5, 1976 \|December 24, 1976 \| {{age in days\|1976\|9\|15\|1976\|12\|24}}
56 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Iichirō Hatoyama \|December 24, 1976 \|November 28, 1977 \| {{age in days\|1976\|12\|24\|1977\|11\|28}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Takeo Fukuda
rowspan=2\|57 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Sunao Sonoda \|rowspan=2\|November 28, 1977 \|rowspan=2\|November 8, 1979 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1977\|11\|28\|1979\|11\|8}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Masayoshi Ōhira
58 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Saburō Ōkita \|November 8, 1979 \|July 17, 1980 \| {{age in days\|1979\|11\|8\|1980\|7\|17}}
59 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Masayoshi Ito \|July 17, 1980 \|May 18, 1981 \| {{age in days\|1980\|7\|17\|1981\|5\|18}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=3\| \|rowspan=3\|Zenkō Suzuki
(57) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Sunao Sonoda \|May 18, 1981 \|November 30, 1981 \| {{age in days\|1981\|5\|18\|1981\|11\|30}}
60 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yoshio Sakurauchi \|November 30, 1981 \|November 27, 1982 \| {{age in days\|1981\|11\|30\|1982\|11\|27}}
61 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Shintaro Abe \|November 27, 1982 \|July 22, 1986 \| {{age in days\|1982\|11\|27\|1986\|7\|22}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Yasuhiro Nakasone
62 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Tadashi Kuranari \|July 22, 1986 \|November 6, 1987 \| {{age in days\|1986\|7\|22\|1987\|11\|6}}
63 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Sosuke Uno \|November 6, 1987 \|June 3, 1989 \| {{age in days\|1987\|11\|6\|1989\|6\|3}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Noboru Takeshita
64 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Hiroshi Mitsuzuka \|June 3, 1989 \|August 10, 1989 \| {{age in days\|1989\|6\|3\|1989\|8\|10}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Sosuke Uno
65 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Taro Nakayama \|August 10, 1989 \|November 5, 1991 \| {{age in days\|1989\|8\|10\|1991\|11\|5}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Toshiki Kaifu
66 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Michio Watanabe \|November 5, 1991 \|April 7, 1993 \| {{age in days\|1991\|11\|5\|1993\|4\|7}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Kiichi Miyazawa
67 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Kabun Mutō \|April 7, 1993 \|August 9, 1993 \| {{age in days\|1993\|4\|7\|1993\|8\|9}}
68 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \|100px \|Tsutomu Hata \|August 9, 1993 \|April 28, 1994 \| {{age in days\|1993\|8\|9\|1994\|4\|28}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan New Party}}" \| \|Morihiro Hosokawa
69 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal League (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Koji Kakizawa \|April 28, 1994 \|June 30, 1994 \| {{age in days\|1994\|4\|28\|1994\|6\|30}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Renewal Party}}" \| \|Tsutomu Hata
70 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yōhei Kōno \|June 30, 1994 \|January 11, 1996 \| {{age in days\|1994\|6\|30\|1996\|1\|11}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Japan Socialist Party}}" \| \|Tomiichi Murayama
71 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yukihiko Ikeda \|January 11, 1996 \|September 11, 1997 \| {{age in days\|1996\|1\|11\|1997\|9\|11}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Ryutaro Hashimoto
72 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Keizo Obuchi \|September 11, 1997 \|July 30, 1998 \| {{age in days\|1997\|9\|11\|1998\|7\|30}}
73 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Masahiko Kōmura \|July 30, 1998 \|October 5, 1999 \| {{age in days\|1998\|7\|30\|1999\|10\|5}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Keizo Obuchi
rowspan=2\|(70) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Yōhei Kōno \|rowspan=2\|October 5, 1999 \|rowspan=2\|April 26, 2001 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|1999\|10\|5\|2001\|4\|26}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Yoshiro Mori
74 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Makiko Tanaka \|April 26, 2001 \|January 29, 2002 \| {{age in days\|2001\|4\|26\|2002\|1\|29}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=5\| \|rowspan=5\|Junichiro Koizumi
75 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|*Junichiro Koizumi* *(Acting)* \|January 29, 2002 \|February 1, 2002 \| {{age in days\|2002\|1\|29\|2002\|2\|1}}
76 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yoriko Kawaguchi \|February 1, 2002 \|September 27, 2004 \| {{age in days\|2002\|2\|1\|2004\|9\|27}}
77 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Nobutaka Machimura \|September 27, 2004 \|October 31, 2005 \| {{age in days\|2004\|9\|27\|2005\|10\|31}}
rowspan=2\|78 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Tarō Asō \|rowspan=2\|October 31, 2005 \|rowspan=2\|August 27, 2007 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|2005\|10\|31\|2007\|8\|27}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|Shinzō Abe
(77) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Nobutaka Machimura \|August 27, 2007 \|September 26, 2007 \| {{age in days\|2007\|8\|27\|2007\|9\|26}}
(73) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Masahiko Kōmura \|September 26, 2007 \|September 24, 2008 \| {{age in days\|2007\|9\|26\|2008\|9\|24}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Yasuo Fukuda
79 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Hirofumi Nakasone \|September 24, 2008 \|September 16, 2009 \| {{age in days\|2008\|9\|24\|2009\|9\|16}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Tarō Asō
rowspan=2\|80 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Katsuya Okada \|rowspan=2\|September 16, 2009 \|rowspan=2\|September 17, 2010 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|2009\|9\|16\|2010\|9\|17}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|Yukio Hatoyama
style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" rowspan=4\| \|rowspan=4\|Naoto Kan
81 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|100px \|Seiji Maehara \|September 17, 2010 \|March 7, 2011 \| {{age in days\|2010\|9\|17\|2011\|3\|7}}
– !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|100px \|Yukio Edano (Acting) \|March 7, 2011 \|March 9, 2011 \| {{age in days\|2011\|3\|7\|2011\|3\|9}}
82 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|100px \|Takeaki Matsumoto \|March 9, 2011 \|September 2, 2011 \| {{age in days\|2011\|3\|9\|2011\|9\|2}}
83 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|100px \|Kōichirō Genba \|September 2, 2011 \|December 26, 2012 \| {{age in days\|2011\|9\|2\|2012\|12\|26}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Party of Japan}}" \| \|Yoshihiko Noda
84 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Fumio Kishida \|December 26, 2012 \|August 3, 2017 \| {{age in days\|2012\|12\|26\|2017\|8\|3}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|rowspan=2\|Shinzō Abe
85 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Taro Kono \|August 3, 2017 \|September 11, 2019 \| {{age in days\|2017\|8\|3\|2019\|9\|11}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \|
rowspan=2\|86 !rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|rowspan=2\|100px \|rowspan=2\|Toshimitsu Motegi \|rowspan=2\|September 11, 2019 \|rowspan=2\|November 4, 2021 \|rowspan=2\| {{age in days\|2019\|9\|11\|2021\|11\|4}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|Yoshihide Suga
(84) !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|*Fumio Kishida* *(Acting)* \|November 4, 2021 \|November 10, 2021 \|{{age in days\|2021\|11\|4\|2021\|11\|10}} ! style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \| rowspan="3" \|Fumio Kishida
87 !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yoshimasa Hayashi \|November 10, 2021 \|September 13, 2023 \|{{age in days\|2021\|11\|10\|2023\|09\|13}} !style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \|
88 ! style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Yōko Kamikawa \|September 13, 2023 \|October 1, 2024 \|{{Age in days\|2023\|09\|13\|2024\|10\|01}} ! style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \|
89 ! style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \|100px \|Takeshi Iwaya \|October 1, 2024 \|Incumbent \|{{Age in days\|2024\|10\|01}} ! style="background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" \| \| Shigeru Ishiba

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colspan=4|Foreign Minister

!colspan=3|Term of office

! style="width:160px;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Prime Minister

!colspan=2|Portrait

!width=180px|Name

!Took office

!Left office

!Days

rowspan=3|43

!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}" rowspan=3|

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|rowspan=3|Shigeru Yoshida

|rowspan=3|September 15, 1945

|rowspan=3|May 24, 1947

|rowspan=3| {{age in days|1945|9|15|1947|5|24}}

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|Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni

style="background-color: {{party color|Japan Progressive Party}}" |

|Kijūrō Shidehara

style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}" |

|Shigeru Yoshida

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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

List of ministers for foreign affairs

= Empire of Japan (1885–1945) =

= Postwar Japan (1945–present) =

See also

Notes

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