Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox official post The Template:Nihongo is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

The current minister is Norikazu Suzuki, who took office on 21 October 2025.

List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries

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Minister				Term of office			Prime minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Ichiro Nakagawa	July 5, 1978	December 7, 1978	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Takeo Fukuda
2	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Michio Watanabe	December 7, 1978	November 9, 1979	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Masayoshi Ōhira
3	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Kabun Mutō	November 9, 1979	July 17, 1980	Template:Age in days
4	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Takao Kameoka	July 17, 1980	November 30, 1981	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Zenkō Suzuki
5	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Kichirō Tazawa	November 30, 1981	November 27, 1982	Template:Age in days
6	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Iwazo Kaneko	November 27, 1982	December 27, 1983	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="5" |	Yasuhiro Nakasone
7	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Shinjiro Yamamura	December 27, 1983	November 1, 1984	Template:Age in days
8	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Moriyoshi Sato	November 1, 1984	December 28, 1985	Template:Age in days
9	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Tsutomu Hata	December 28, 1985	July 22, 1986	Template:Age in days
10	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Mutsuki Kato	July 22, 1986	November 6, 1987	Template:Age in days
11	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Takashi Sato	November 6, 1987	December 27, 1988	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Noboru Takeshita
12 (9)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Tsutomu Hata	December 27, 1988	June 3, 1989	Template:Age in days
13	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Hisao Horinouchi	June 3, 1989	August 10, 1989	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sōsuke Uno
14	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Michihiko Kano	August 10, 1989	February 28, 1990	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |	Toshiki Kaifu
15	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Tomio Yamamoto	February 28, 1990	December 29, 1990	Template:Age in days
16	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Motoji Kondō	December 29, 1990	November 5, 1991	Template:Age in days
17	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Masami Tanabu	November 5, 1991	August 4, 1993	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Kiichi Miyazawa
18	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Kiichi Miyazawa 19911105.jpg	Kiichi Miyazawa	August 4, 1993	August 9, 1993	Template:Age in days
19	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Eijiro Hata	August 9, 1993	April 28, 1994	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Morihiro Hosokawa
ー (9)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Tsutomu Hata (Acting)	April 28, 1994	April 28, 1994	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Tsutomu Hata
20 (10)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Mutsuki Kato	April 28, 1994	June 30, 1994	Template:Age in days
21	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Taichiro Ōkawara	June 30, 1994	August 8, 1995	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	Tomiichi Murayama
22	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Hosei Norota 1999.jpg	Hosei Norota	August 8, 1995	January 11, 1996	Template:Age in days
23	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Ichizo Ōhara	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="4" |	Ryutaro Hashimoto
24	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Takao Fujimoto.jpg	Takao Fujimoto	November 7, 1996	September 11, 1997	Template:Age in days
25	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|		Ihei Ochi	September 11, 1997	September 26, 1997	Template:Age in days
26	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshinobu Shimamura 1997.jpg	Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 26, 1997	July 30, 1998	Template:Age in days
27	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Shoichi Nakagawa 1998.jpg	Shōichi Nakagawa	July 30, 1998	October 5, 1999	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Keizō Obuchi
28	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	File:Tokuichiro Tamazawa 1999.jpg	Tokuichiro Tamazawa	October 5, 1999	July 4, 2000	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Keizō Obuchi
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |						Yoshirō Mori
29	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yōichi Tani.jpg	Yoichi Tani	July 4, 2000	December 5, 2000	Template:Age in days
30	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshio Yatsu 200101.jpg	Yoshio Yatsu	December 5, 2000	April 26, 2001	Template:Age in days
31	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Tsutomu Takebe.jpg	Tsutomu Takebe	April 26, 2001	September 30, 2002	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="7" |	Junichiro Koizumi
32	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Tadamori Oshima 2002.jpg	Tadamori Ōshima	September 30, 2002	April 1, 2003	Template:Age in days
33	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshiyuki Kamei.jpg	Yoshiyuki Kamei	April 1, 2003	September 27, 2004	Template:Age in days
34 (26)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshinobu Shimamura.jpg	Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 27, 2004	August 8, 2005	Template:Age in days
35	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Junichiro Koizumi 20010426 (cropped).jpg	Junichiro Koizumi	August 8, 2005	August 11, 2005	Template:Age in days
36	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Mineichi Iwanaga.jpg	Mineichi Iwanaga	August 11, 2005	October 31, 2005	Template:Age in days
37 (27)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Shoichi Nakagawa 2005.jpg	Shōichi Nakagawa	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	Template:Age in days
38	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Toshikatsu Matsuoka 20060926.jpg	Toshikatsu Matsuoka	September 26, 2006	May 28, 2007	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="6" |	Shinzo Abe
ー	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Masatoshi Wakabayashi 200708.jpg	Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Acting)	May 28, 2007	June 1, 2007	Template:Age in days
39	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Norihiko Akagi 2007.jpg	Norihiko Akagi	June 1, 2007	August 1, 2007	Template:Age in days
40	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Masatoshi Wakabayashi 200708.jpg	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	August 1, 2007	August 27, 2007	Template:Age in days
41	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Takehiko Endō.jpg	Takehiko Endo	August 27, 2007	September 3, 2007	Template:Age in days
ー	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Akira Amari 2006.jpg	Akira Amari (Acting)	September 3, 2007	September 4, 2007	Template:Age in days
42 (40)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	File:Masatoshi Wakabayashi 200708.jpg	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 4, 2007	August 2, 2008	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shinzo Abe
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |						Yasuo Fukuda
43	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Seiichi Ōta.jpg	Seiichi Ōta	August 2, 2008	September 19, 2008	Template:Age in days
ー	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Nobutaka Machimura 2007.jpg	Nobutaka Machimura (Acting)	September 19, 2008	September 26, 2008	Template:Age in days
44	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Shigeru Ishiba 2008.jpg	Shigeru Ishiba	September 26, 2008	September 16, 2009	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Tarō Asō
45	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Hirotaka Akamatsu Nourinsuisandaijin.jpg	Hirotaka Akamatsu	September 16, 2009	June 8, 2010	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
46	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yamada Masahiko.jpg	Masahiko Yamada	June 8, 2010	September 17, 2010	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Naoto Kan
47 (14)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	File:Michihiko Kano Nodanaikaku.jpg	Michihiko Kano	September 17, 2010	June 4, 2012	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Naoto Kan
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |						Yoshihiko Noda
48	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Akira Gunji 201210.jpg	Akira Gunji	June 4, 2012	December 16, 2012	Template:Age in days
49	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshimasa Hayashi 20150223.jpg	Yoshimasa Hayashi	December 16, 2012	September 3, 2014	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="8" |	Shinzo Abe
50	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Koya Nishikawa 20140903.jpg	Koya Nishikawa	September 3, 2014	February 23, 2015	Template:Age in days
51	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yoshimasa Hayashi 20150223.jpg	Yoshimasa Hayashi	February 23, 2015	October 7, 2015	Template:Age in days
52	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Hiroshi Moriyama 20151007.jpg	Hiroshi Moriyama	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	Template:Age in days
53	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yuji Yamamoto 20160803.jpg	Yūji Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	Template:Age in days
54	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Saito ken.jpg	Ken Saitō	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	Template:Age in days
55	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Takamori Yoshikawa 2018.jpg	Takamori Yoshikawa	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	Template:Age in days
56	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Taku Etō (2019).jpg	Taku Etō	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	Template:Age in days
57	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Kotaro Nogami 20200916.jpg	Kōtarō Nogami	September 16, 2020	October 4, 2021	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshihide Suga
58	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Genjorō Kaneko 20211004.jpg	Genjirō Kaneko	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="4" |	Fumio Kishida
59	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Tetsurō Nomura 20220810 (cropped).jpg	Tetsuro Nomura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	Template:Age in days
60	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Ichiro Miyashita 20200410 (cropped).jpg	Ichiro Miyashita	September 13, 2023	December 14, 2023	Template:Age in days
61	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Tetsushi Sakamoto 20220928 (cropped).jpg	Tetsushi Sakamoto	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	Template:Age in days
62	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Yasuhiro Ozato 20210914 (cropped).jpg	Yasuhiro Ozato	October 1, 2024	November 11, 2024	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|	Shigeru Ishiba
63 (56)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Taku Eto 20210311 (cropped).jpg	Taku Etō	November 11, 2024	May 21, 2025	Template:Age in days
64	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Shinjirō Koizumi 20250521 (cropped).jpg	Shinjirō Koizumi	May 21, 2025	October 21, 2025	Template:Age in days
65	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Norikazu Suzuki 20230526.jpg	Norikazu Suzuki	October 21, 2025	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sanae Takaichi

External links

• Official website

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