List of prime ministers of Japan

The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day.

32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor. The "electoral mandates" shown are for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Imperial Diet, which was not constitutionally guaranteed to have any influence on the appointment of the prime minister.

The prime minister under the Constitution of Japan is designated from among the members of the National Diet, and appointed by the Emperor after being nominated by the National Diet.

The premiership of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was prime minister for fifty-four days in 1945, was the shortest in Japanese history. Shinzo Abe served the longest, with eight years over two non-consecutive periods.

The current prime minister is Sanae Takaichi, who assumed the office on 21 October 2025.

From 1871 to 1885

The office of daijō-daijin (太政大臣, chancellor of the realm) was the equivalent of what would become the office of prime minister. It was an ancient role which had been discontinued in the 18th century and was briefly revived during the Meiji era.

Daijō-daijin (chancellor of the realm)

List of daijō-daijin (chancellor of the realm) (1871–1885)

Portrait		Daijō-daijin Template:Small	Term of office			Mandate	Party	Government	EmperorTemplate:Smalldiv
			Start	End	Duration
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	photograph	[[Sanjō Sanetomi|Template:Small Sanjō Sanetomi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1871	Template:Small 1885	Template:Small	Template:Small	None		Meiji Emperor Meiji Template:Smalldiv

The office of Daijō-daijin was abolished in December 1885 with the appointment of Itō Hirobumi in the new position of prime minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣, Naikaku Sōri-Daijin).

Since 1885

Prime ministers

List of prime ministers of Japan since 1885

Portrait		Prime minister Template:Small	Term of office			Mandate	Party	Government	EmperorTemplate:Smalldiv	Ref
			Start	End	Duration
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Template:Anchorphotograph	Template:Anchor[[Itō Hirobumi|Template:Small Itō Hirobumi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1885	Template:Small 1888	Template:Small	—	Independent Template:Small	1. Itō I	Meiji Emperor Meiji Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	[[Kuroda Kiyotaka|Template:Small Kuroda Kiyotaka]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1888	Template:Small 1889	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small	2. Kuroda		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	photograph	[[Sanjō Sanetomi|Template:Small Sanjō Sanetomi]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1889	Template:Small 1889	Template:Small	—	Independent	Sanjō caretaker
	photograph	[[Yamagata Aritomo|Template:Small Yamagata Aritomo]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1889	Template:Small 1891	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small	3. Yamagata I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
						1890
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	[[Matsukata Masayoshi|Template:Small Matsukata Masayoshi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1891	Template:Small 1892	Template:Small	—	Independent Template:Small	4. Matsukata I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1892
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3 |	photograph	[[Itō Hirobumi|Template:Small Itō Hirobumi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1892	Template:Small 1896	Template:Small	—	Independent Template:Small	5. Itō II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Mar.1894
Sep.1894
	photograph	[[Kuroda Kiyotaka|Template:Small Kuroda Kiyotaka]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1896	Template:Small 1896	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	photograph	[[Matsukata Masayoshi|Template:Small Matsukata Masayoshi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1896	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small	—	Independent Template:Small	6. Matsukata II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	[[Itō Hirobumi|Template:Small Itō Hirobumi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small	—	Independent Template:Small	7. Itō III		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Mar.1898
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	[[Ōkuma Shigenobu|Template:Small Ōkuma Shigenobu]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small	—	Kenseitō	8. Ōkuma I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Aug.1898
	photograph	[[Yamagata Aritomo|Template:Small Yamagata Aritomo]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1898	Template:Small 1900	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small	9. Yamagata II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1|	photograph	[[Itō Hirobumi|Template:Small Itō Hirobumi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1900	Template:Small 1901	Template:Small	—	Rikken Seiyūkai	Template:Anchor10. Itō IV		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	photograph	[[Saionji Kinmochi|Template:Small Saionji Kinmochi]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1900	Template:Small 1900	Template:Small	—	Rikken Seiyūkai
Template:Small 1901			Template:Small 1901	Template:Small	—
	photograph	[[Katsura Tarō|Template:Small Katsura Tarō]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1901	Template:Small 1906	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small	11. Katsura I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
						1902
						1903
						1904
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	[[Saionji Kinmochi|Template:Small Saionji Kinmochi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1906	Template:Small 1908	Template:Small	—	Rikken Seiyūkai	12. Saionji I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1908
	photograph	[[Katsura Tarō|Template:Small Katsura Tarō]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1908	Template:Small 1911	Template:Small	—	Military Template:Small	13. Katsura II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3 |	photograph	Template:Anchor[[Saionji Kinmochi|Template:Small Saionji Kinmochi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1911	Template:Small 1912	Template:Small	—	Rikken Seiyūkai	14. Saionji II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1912
						Taishō Emperor Taishō Template:Smalldiv
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	[[Katsura Tarō|Template:Small Katsura Tarō]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1912	Template:Small 1913	Template:Small		—	Independent	15. Katsura III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	[[Yamamoto Gonnohyōe|Template:Small Yamamoto Gonnohyōe]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1913	Template:Small 1914	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	16. Yamamoto I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	[[Ōkuma Shigenobu|Template:Small Ōkuma Shigenobu]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1914	Template:Small 1916	Template:Small		—	Rikken Dōshikai	17. Ōkuma II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
							1915
	photograph	[[Terauchi Masatake|Template:Small Terauchi Masatake]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1916	Template:Small 1918	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	18. Terauchi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
							1917
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	Hara Takashi Template:Lang Rep for Morioka Template:Small	Template:Small 1918	Template:Small 1921	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		—	Rikken Seiyūkai	19. Hara	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	[[Uchida Kōsai|Template:Small Uchida Kōsai]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1921	Template:Small 1921	Template:Small		—	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	photograph	[[Takahashi Korekiyo|Template:Small Takahashi Korekiyo]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1921	Template:Small 1922	Template:Small		—	Rikken Seiyūkai	20. Takahashi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	[[Katō Tomosaburō|Template:Small Katō Tomosaburō]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1922	Template:Small 1923	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		—	Military Template:Small	21. Katō To.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	[[Uchida Kōsai|Template:Small Uchida Kōsai]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1923	Template:Small 1923	Template:Small		—	Independent
	photograph	[[Yamamoto Gonnohyōe|Template:Small Yamamoto Gonnohyōe]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1923	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	22. Yamamoto II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	photograph	[[Kiyoura Keigo|Template:Small Kiyoura Keigo]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small		—	Independent	23. Kiyoura	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1|	photograph	[[Katō Takaaki|Template:Small Katō Takaaki]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small 1926	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		1924	Kenseikai	24. Katō Ta.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |	photograph	Template:AnchorWakatsuki ReijirōTemplate:Efn Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1926	Template:Small 1926	Template:Small		—	Kenseikai
Template:Small 1926			Template:Small 1927	Template:Small	—		25. Wakatsuki I		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
						Shōwa Emperor Shōwa Template:Smalldiv
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	[[Tanaka Giichi|Template:Small Tanaka Giichi]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1927	Template:Small 1929	Template:Small		—	Rikken Seiyūkai	26. Tanaka G.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1928
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	Hamaguchi Osachi Template:Lang Rep for Kochi 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1929	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small		—	Rikken Minseitō	27. Hamaguchi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1930
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	File:Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara.jpg	[[Kijūrō Shidehara|Template:Small Kijūrō Shidehara]] Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1930	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small		—	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	[[Wakatsuki Reijirō|Template:Small Wakatsuki Reijirō]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small		—	Rikken Minseitō	28. Wakatsuki II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	Inukai Tsuyoshi Template:Lang Rep for Okayama 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small 1932	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		—	Rikken Seiyūkai	29. Inukai	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	[[Takahashi Korekiyo|Template:Small Takahashi Korekiyo]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1932	Template:Small 1932	Template:Small		—	Rikken Seiyūkai
	photograph	[[Saitō Makoto|Template:Small Saitō Makoto]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1932	Template:Small 1934	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	30. Saitō	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	Keisuke Okada Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1934	Template:Small 1936	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	31. Okada	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
							1936
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	Fumio Gotō Template:Lang Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1936	Template:Small 1936	Template:Small		—	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	photograph	Kōki Hirota Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1936	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small		—	Independent	32. Hirota	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	File:IJA Hayashi Senjuro.jpg	Senjūrō Hayashi Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	33. Hayashi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
							1937
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	photograph	[[Fumimaro Konoe|Template:Small Fumimaro Konoe]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1937	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small		—	Independent	34. Konoe I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	photograph	[[Hiranuma Kiichirō|Template:Small Kiichirō Hiranuma]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small		—	Independent	35. Hiranuma	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	Nobuyuki Abe Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1939	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	36. N. Abe	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	photograph	Mitsumasa Yonai Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small		—	Military Template:Small	37. Yonai	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	File:Fumimaro Konoe profile.jpg	[[Fumimaro Konoe|Template:Small Fumimaro Konoe]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1941	Template:Small		—	Independent	38. Konoe II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |								Taisei Yokusankai
39. Konoe III									<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2 |	photograph	Hideki Tojo Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1941	Template:Small 1944	Template:Small		—	Taisei Yokusankai	40. Tōjō	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	photograph	Kuniaki Koiso Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1944	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small		—	Taisei Yokusankai	41. Koiso	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1 |	photograph	[[Kantarō Suzuki|Template:Small Kantarō Suzuki]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small		—	Taisei Yokusankai	42. K. Suzuki	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|								Independent
	File:HIH Prince Naruhiko of Higashikuni.jpg	[[Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni|Template:Small Naruhiko Higashikuni]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small		—	Imperial Family	43. Higashikuni	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara.jpg	[[Kijūrō Shidehara|Template:Small Kijūrō Shidehara]] Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small 1946	Template:Small		—	Independent	44. Shidehara	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg	Shigeru Yoshida Template:Lang Template:Small	Template:Small 1946	Template:Small 1947	Template:Small		1946	Liberal	45. Yoshida I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Tetsu Katayama Template:Lang Rep for Kanagawa 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1947	Template:Small 1948	Template:Small		1947	Socialist	46. Katayama	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Hitoshi Ashida Template:Lang Rep for Kyōto 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1948	Template:Small 1948	Template:Small		—	Democratic	47. Ashida	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg	Shigeru Yoshida Template:Lang Rep for Kōchi at-large Template:Small	Template:Small 1948	Template:Small 1954	Template:Small		—	Democratic Liberal	48. Yoshida II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1949							49. Yoshida III		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
								rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |		Liberal
1952							50. Yoshida IV	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953							51. Yoshida V	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Hatoyama Ichirō.jpg	Ichirō Hatoyama Template:Lang Rep for Tokyo 1st Template:Small	Template:Small 1954	Template:Small 1956	Template:Small		—	Japan Democratic	52. Hatoyama I. I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955							53. Hatoyama I. II		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|							—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	54. Hatoyama I. III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	photograph	Tanzan Ishibashi Template:Lang Rep for Shizuoka 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1956	Template:Small 1957	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	55. Ishibashi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=2|	photograph	Nobusuke Kishi Template:Lang Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1957	Template:Small 1960	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=2| Liberal Democratic	56. Kishi I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1958							57. Kishi II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=3|	photograph	Hayato Ikeda Template:Lang Rep for Hiroshima 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1960	Template:Small 1964	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=3| Liberal Democratic	58. Ikeda I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960							59. Ikeda II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963							60. Ikeda III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=3|	photograph	Eisaku Satō Template:Lang Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1964	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=3| Liberal Democratic	61. Satō I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967							62. Satō II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969							63. Satō III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=2|	File:Kakuei Tanaka 19720707.jpg	Kakuei Tanaka Template:Lang Rep for Niigata 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=2| Liberal Democratic	64. Tanaka K. I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972							65. Tanaka K. II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	File:Takeo Miki 19741209.jpg	Takeo Miki Template:Lang Rep for Tokushima at-large Template:Small	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1976	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	66. Miki	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg	Takeo Fukuda Template:Lang Rep for Gunma 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1976	Template:Small 1978	Template:Small		1976	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	67. Fukuda T.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=2|	photograph	Masayoshi Ōhira Template:Lang Rep for Kagawa 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1978	Template:Small 1980	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=2| Liberal Democratic	68. Ōhira I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979							69. Ōhira II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan="1" |	photograph	Masayoshi Ito Template:Lang Rep for Fukushima 2nd Template:Small Acting Prime Minister	Template:Small 1980	Template:Small 1980	Template:Small				—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	photograph	Zenkō Suzuki Template:Lang Rep for Iwate 1st Template:Small	Template:Small 1980	Template:Small 1982	Template:Small		1980	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	70. Suzuki Z.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=3|	File:Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg	Yasuhiro Nakasone Template:Lang Rep for Gunma 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1982	Template:Small 1987	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=3| Liberal Democratic	71. Nakasone I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983							72. Nakasone II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986							73. Nakasone III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=2|	File:Noboru Takeshita 19871106.jpg	Template:AnchorNoboru Takeshita Template:Lang Rep for Shimane at-large Template:Small	Template:Small 1987	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small		—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=2| Liberal Democratic	74. Takeshita	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Akihito (Heisei) Emperor Akihito Template:Smalldiv
	style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	File:Sosuke Uno 19890603.jpg	Sōsuke Uno Template:Lang Rep for Shiga at-large Template:Small	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small	—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	75. Uno	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=2|	File:Toshiki Kaifu 19890810.jpg	Toshiki Kaifu Template:Lang Rep for Aichi 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1989	Template:Small 1991	Template:Small	—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=2| Liberal Democratic	76. Kaifu I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	1990						77. Kaifu II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan=1|	photograph	Kiichi Miyazawa Template:Lang Rep for Hiroshima 3rd Template:Small	Template:Small 1991	Template:Small 1993	Template:Small	—	Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) rowspan=1| Liberal Democratic	78. Miyazawa	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Morihiro Hosokawa Template:Lang Rep for Kumamoto 1st Template:Small	Template:Small 1993	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small	1993	New	79. Hosokawa	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Tsutomu Hata Template:Lang Rep for Nagano 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small	—	Renewal	80. Hata	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Tomiichi Murayama Template:Lang Rep for Ōita 1st Template:Small	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small 1996	Template:Small	—	Socialist	81. Murayama	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Ryutaro Hashimoto Template:Lang Rep for Okayama 4th Template:Small	Template:Small 1996	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small	—	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	82. Hashimoto I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	1996						83. Hashimoto II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Keizo Obuchi 19980730.jpg	Keizō Obuchi Template:Lang Rep for Gunma 5th Template:Small	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small 2000	Template:Small	—	rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	84. Obuchi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Template:AnchorYoshirō Mori Template:Lang Rep for Ishikawa 2nd Template:Small	Template:Small 2000	Template:Small 2001	Template:Small	—	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	85. Mori I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2000						86. Mori II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Junichiro Koizumi Template:Lang Rep for Kanagawa 11th Template:Small	Template:Small 2001	Template:Small 2006	Template:Small	—	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	87. Koizumi I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2003						88. Koizumi II	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	2005						89. Koizumi III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Shinzo Abe Template:Lang Rep for Yamaguchi 4th Template:Small	Template:Small 2006	Template:Small 2007	Template:Small	—	rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	90. Abe S. I	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Yasuo Fukuda Template:Lang Rep for Gunma 4th Template:Small	Template:Small 2007	Template:Small 2008	Template:Small	—	rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	91. Fukuda Y.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	File:Tarō Asō 20100714.jpg	Tarō Asō Template:Lang Rep for Fukuoka 8th Template:Small	Template:Small 2008	Template:Small 2009	Template:Small	—	rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) | Liberal Democratic	92. Asō	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	photograph	Yukio Hatoyama Template:Lang Rep for Hokkaido 9th Template:Small	Template:Small 2009	Template:Small 2010	Template:Small	2009	rowspan=1 Template:Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan | Democratic	93. Hatoyama Y.	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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	2014						97. Abe S. III	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Living former prime ministers

• Living former prime ministers showing periods in office with dates of birth and age
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  Yasuo Fukuda
  (2007–2008)
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  Yoshirō Mori
  (2000–2001)
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  Morihiro Hosokawa
  (1993–1994)
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  Tarō Asō
  (2008–2009)
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  Junichiro Koizumi
  (2001–2006)
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  Naoto Kan
  (2010–2011)
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  Yukio Hatoyama
  (2009–2010)
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  Yoshihide Suga
  (2020–2021)
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  Shigeru Ishiba
  (2024–2025)
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  Yoshihiko Noda
  (2011–2012)
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• Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) Template:Date of birth and age
  Fumio Kishida
  (2021–2024)
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As of Template:Date, there are eleven living former Prime Ministers of Japan. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) on 17 October 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He died at age 101, having become a centenarian on 3 March 2024.<ref>村山富市元首相 きょう100歳の誕生日「日本がどこまでも平和な国であるように」 FNN (Japanese) 3 March 2024</ref>

Timeline

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 from: 06/11/1987 till: 03/07/1989 color:ldp text:"Noboru Takeshita" 
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 from: 03/07/1989 till: 10/08/1989 color:ldp text:"Sōsuke Uno" 
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 from: 10/08/1989 till: 05/11/1991 color:ldp text:"Toshiki Kaifu" 
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 from: 05/11/1991 till: 09/08/1993 color:ldp text:"Kiichi Miyazawa" 
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 from: 09/08/1993 till: 28/04/1994 color:jnp text:"Morihiro Hosokawa" 
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 from: 28/04/1994 till: 30/06/1994 color:jrp text:"Tsutomu Hata" 
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 from: 30/06/1994 till: 11/01/1996 color:jsp text:"Tomiichi Murayama" 
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 from: 11/01/1996 till: 30/07/1998 color:ldp text:"Ryutaro Hashimoto" 
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 from: 30/07/1998 till: 05/04/2000 color:ldp text:"Keizō Obuchi" 
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 from: 05/04/2000 till: 26/05/2001 color:ldp text:"Yoshirō Mori" 
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 from: 26/05/2001 till: 26/09/2006 color:ldp text:"Junichiro Koizumi" 
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 from: 26/09/2006 till: 26/09/2007 color:ldp
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 from: 16/09/2009 till: 08/06/2010 color:dpj text:"Yukio Hatoyama" 
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 from: 08/06/2010 till: 02/09/2011 color:dpj text:"Naoto Kan" 
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 from: 02/09/2011 till: 26/12/2012 color:dpj text:"Yoshihiko Noda" 
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 from: 16/09/2020 till: 04/10/2021 color:ldp text:"Yoshihide Suga" 
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 from: 04/10/2021 till: 01/10/2024 color:ldp text:"Fumio Kishida" 
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Relations between Japanese prime ministers

Relations	Japanese prime ministers
brothers	1. Nobusuke Kishi (older) and Eisaku Satō (younger)
grandfathers and grandsons	2. Fumimaro Konoe and Morihiro Hosokawa 3. Nobusuke Kishi and Shinzo Abe 4. Shigeru Yoshida and Tarō Asō 5. Ichirō Hatoyama and Yukio Hatoyama
great-uncle and great-nephew	6. Eisaku Satō and Shinzo Abe
father and son	7. Takeo Fukuda and Yasuo Fukuda
father-in-law and son-in-law	8. Zenkō Suzuki and Tarō Asō

See also

• List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office
• List of prime ministers of Japan by education
• List of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture
• List of Japanese cabinets
• Deputy Prime Minister of Japan

External links

• Previous Prime Ministers | Prime Minister's Office of Japan