Minister of the Environment (Japan)

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 the Environment. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

The current minister is Hirotaka Ishihara, who took office on 21 October 2025.

List of ministers of the environment (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|		Yoriko Kawaguchi	January 6, 2001	February 8, 2002	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshirō Mori
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=4|						Junichiro Koizumi
2	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Template:Ill	February 8, 2002	September 30, 2002	Template:Age in days
3	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Shun'ichi Suzuki	September 30, 2002	September 22, 2003	Template:Age in days
4	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Yuriko Koike	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2006	Template:Age in days
5	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Shinzō Abe
6	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Ichirō Kamoshita	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	Template:Age in days
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|						Yasuo Fukuda
7	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Tetsuo Saito	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009	Template:Age in days
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Taro Aso
8	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|		Sakihito Ozawa	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|						Naoto Kan
9	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Ryu Matsumoto	September 21, 2010	June 27, 2011	Template:Age in days
10	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Satsuki Eda	June 27, 2011	September 2, 2011	Template:Age in days
11	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Goshi Hosono	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Yoshihiko Noda
12	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Hiroyuki Nagahama	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	Template:Age in days
13	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Nobuteru Ishihara	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=6|	Shinzō Abe
14	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Yoshio Mochizuki	September 3, 2014	October 7, 2015	Template:Age in days
15	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Tamayo Marukawa	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	Template:Age in days
16	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Koichi Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	Template:Age in days
17	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Masaharu Nakagawa	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	Template:Age in days
18	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |		Yoshiaki Harada	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	Template:Age in days
19	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shinjirō Koizumi 20200718.jpg	Shinjirō Koizumi	September 11, 2019	October 4, 2021	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshihide Suga
20	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 20211004.jpg	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Fumio Kishida
21	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Akihiro Nishimura 20120612.jpg	Akihiro Nishimura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
22	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shintarō Itō.2023.jpg	Shintaro Ito	September 13, 2023	October 1, 2024	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
23	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:浅尾慶一郎.jpg	Keiichiro Asao	October 1, 2024	October 21, 2025	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shigeru Ishiba
24	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Hirotaka Ishihara 20230913.jpg	Hirotaka Ishihara	October 21, 2025	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sanae Takaichi

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