Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Template:Short description {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }}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 Economy, Trade and Industry. 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.

The current minister is Ryosei Akazawa, who took office on 21 October 2025.

List of ministers of economy, trade and industry (2001–)

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Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Takeo Hiranuma	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshiro Mori
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|						Junichiro Koizumi
2	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Shoichi Nakagawa	September 22, 2003	October 31, 2005	Template:Age in days
3	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Toshihiro Nikai (1st)	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	Template:Age in days
4	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Akira Amari	September 26, 2006	August 2, 2008	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shinzo Abe
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|						Yasuo Fukuda
(3)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Toshihiro Nikai (2nd)	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009	Template:Age in days
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Tarō Asō
5	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Masayuki Naoshima	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|						Naoto Kan
6	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Akihiro Ohata Kantei (cropped).jpg	Akihiro Ohata	September 17, 2010	January 14, 2011	Template:Age in days
7	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Banri Kaieda 201106.jpg	Banri Kaieda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	Template:Age in days
8	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshio Hachiro 20110902 (cropped).jpg	Yoshio Hachiro	September 2, 2011	September 11, 2011	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Yoshihiko Noda
9	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yukio Edano In front of Tenjin Twin Building (2020.10.18).jpg	Yukio Edano	September 12, 2011	December 26, 2012	Template:Age in days
10	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Toshimitsu Motegi 20140911.jpg	Toshimitsu Motegi	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=6|	Shinzo Abe
11	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yūko Obuchi 20121113 (cropped).jpg	Yūko Obuchi	September 3, 2014	October 21, 2014	Template:Age in days
12	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Miyazawa yoichi.jpg	Yoichi Miyazawa	October 21, 2014	October 7, 2015	Template:Age in days
13	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Motoo Hayashi official portrait.jpg	Motoo Hayashi	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	Template:Age in days
14	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Hiroshige Sekō 20160928 (cropped).jpg	Hiroshige Sekō	August 3, 2016	September 11, 2019	Template:Age in days
15	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Sugawara Isshu 2019.jpg	Isshu Sugawara	September 11, 2019	October 25, 2019	Template:Age in days
16	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Hiroshi Kajiyama 20191028 (cropped).jpg	Hiroshi Kajiyama	October 25, 2019	October 4, 2021	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Yoshihide Suga
17	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Kōichi Hagiuda 20211004.jpg	Kōichi Hagiuda	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	Template:Age in days	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Fumio Kishida
18	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yasutoshi Nishimura 20190911.jpg	Yasutoshi Nishimura	August 10, 2022	December 14, 2023	Template:Age in days
19	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Ken Saitō 20231214.jpg	Ken Saitō	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	Template:Age in days
20	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yōji Mutō.jpg	Yoji Muto	October 1, 2024	October 21, 2025	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shigeru Ishiba
21	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|	File:Ryōsei Akazawa 2025 (cropped).jpg	Ryosei Akazawa	October 21, 2025	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sanae Takaichi

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