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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
File:Goshichi no kiri.svg
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet of Japan
National Security Council
Reports toPrime Minister of Japan
NominatorPrime Minister of Japan
AppointerEmperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
PrecursorMinister of International Trade and Industry
FormationJanuary 6, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-06)
DeputyState Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Salary¥20,916,000

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The current minister is Yoji Muto, who took office on 1 October 2024.

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

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Minister Term of office Prime Minister
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Days
1 File:Takeo Hiranuma0624 cropped.jpg Takeo Hiranuma January 6, 2001 September 22, 2003 989 Yoshiro Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
2 File:Shoichi Nakagawa cropped.jpg Shoichi Nakagawa September 22, 2003 October 31, 2005 770
3 File:Toshihiro Nikai-20061120.jpg Toshihiro Nikai
(1st)
October 31, 2005 September 26, 2006 330
4 File:Amari Akira 1-3.jpg Akira Amari September 26, 2006 August 2, 2008 676 Shinzō Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
(3) File:Toshihiro Nikai-20061120.jpg Toshihiro Nikai (2nd) August 2, 2008 September 16, 2009 410
Tarō Asō
5 File:Masayuki Naoshima cropped 1 John Roos and Masayuki Naoshima 20091021.jpg Masayuki Naoshima September 16, 2009 September 17, 2010 366 Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
6 File:Akihiro Ohata.jpg Akihiro Ohata September 17, 2010 January 14, 2011 119
7 File:Banri Kaieda.jpg Banri Kaieda January 14, 2011 September 2, 2011 231
8 File:Yoshio Hachiro 20110907 1 (cropped).jpg Yoshio Hachiro September 2, 2011 September 11, 2011 9 Yoshihiko Noda
9 File:Yukio Edano Sakado 20100910.JPG Yukio Edano September 12, 2011 December 26, 2012 471
10 File:Toshimitsu Motegi.jpg Toshimitsu Motegi December 26, 2012 September 3, 2014 616 Shinzō Abe
11 File:Yuko Obuchi croppwd 2 Caroline Kennedy and Yuko Obuchi 20141014 1.jpg Yūko Obuchi September 3, 2014 October 21, 2014 48
12 File:Yōichi Miyazawa.jpg Yoichi Miyazawa October 21, 2014 October 7, 2015 351
13 File:Motoo Hayashi.jpg Motoo Hayashi October 7, 2015 August 3, 2016 301
14 File:Hiroshige Seko.jpg Hiroshige Sekō August 3, 2016 September 11, 2019 1134
15 File:Isshu Sugawara cropped 2 Yukiya Amano Isshu Sugawara and Toshiro Ozawa 20130627.jpg Isshu Sugawara September 11, 2019 October 25, 2019 44
16 File:Hiroshi Kajiyama.jpg Hiroshi Kajiyama October 25, 2019 October 4, 2021 710 Yoshihide Suga
17 File:Kōichi Hagiuda 20211004.jpg Kōichi Hagiuda October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022 310 Fumio Kishida
18 File:Yasutoshi Nishimura 20200916.jpg Yasutoshi Nishimura August 10, 2022 December 14, 2023 491
19 File:Saito ken.jpg Ken Saitō December 14, 2023 October 1, 2024 292
20 File:Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yōji Mutō.jpg Yoji Muto October 1, 2024 Incumbent 309 Shigeru Ishiba

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