Minister of Finance (Japan)

Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance
	File:Goshichi no kiri.svg Emblem of the Government of Japan
	File:Katsunobu Katō 20241001 (cropped).jpgIncumbent; Katsunobu Katō; since 1 October 2024
	Ministry of Finance
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet of Japan; National Security Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Prime Minister of Japan; attested to by the Emperor
Precursor	Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value).
Formation	January 6, 2001; 24 years ago
Deputy	State Minister of Finance
Salary	¥20,916,000

The Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance. They are nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

The current minister is Katsunobu Katō, who took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers[change]

Prewar (1900–1946)[change]

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Masayoshi Matsukata	1885	1892
	Watanabe Kunitake	1892	1895
2	Masakata Matsukata	1895	1895
3	Watanabe Kunitake	1895	1896
4	Masayoshi Matsukata	1896	1898
5	Inoue Kaoru	1898	1898
6	Matsuda Masahisa	1898	1898
7	Masakata Matsukata	1898	1900
8	Watanabe Kunitake	1900	1901
9	Saionji Kinmochi	1901	1901
10	Sone Arasuke	1901	1906
11	Yoshiro Sakatani	1906	1908
12	Matsuda Masahisa	1908	1908
	Katsura Tarō	1908	1911
	Yamamoto Tatsuo	1911	1912
	Wakatsuki Reijirō (1st)	1912	1913
	Takahashi Korekiyo (1st)	1913	1914
	Wakatsuki Reijirō (2nd)	1914	1915
	Taketomi Tokitoshi	1915	1916
	Terauchi Masatake	1916	1916
	Kazue Shōda (1st)	1916	1918
	Takahashi Korekiyo (2nd)	1918	1922
	Otohiko Ichiki	1922	1923
	Junnosuke Inoue (1st)	1923	1924
	Kazue Shōda (2nd)	1924	1924
	Osachi Hamaguchi	1924	1925
	Seiji Hayami	1925	1925
	Kataoka Naoharu	1925	1927
	Takahashi Korekiyo (3rd)	1927	1927
	Chuzo Mitsuchi	1927	1929
	Junnosuke Inoue (2nd)	1929	1931
	Takahashi Korekiyo (4th)	1931	1934
	Sadanobu Fujii	1934	1934
	Takahashi Korekiyo (5th)	1934	1936
	Machida Chūji	1936	1936
	Eiichi Baba	1936	1937
	Toyotaro Yuki^[1]	1937	1937
	Okinori Kaya (1st)	1937	1938
	Shigeaki Ikeda	1938	1939
	Sotaro Ishiwata (1st)	1939	1939
	Kazuo Aoki	1939	1940
	Yukio Sakurauchi	1940	1940
	Isao Kawada	1940	1941
	Masatsune Ogura	1941	1941
	Okinori Kaya (2nd)	1941	1944
	Sotaro Ishiwata (2nd)	1944	1945
	Juichi Tsushima	1945	1945
	Keizō Shibusawa	1945	1946

Postwar (1946–present)[change]

  Liberal (1945)
  Socialist
  Ryokufūkai
  Democratic (1947)
  Democratic Liberal
  Liberal (1950)
  Independent
  Democratic (1954)
  Liberal Democratic
  Japan New Party
  New Party Sakigake
  Japan Renewal Party
  Democratic

Finance Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Prime Minister
32		File:TANZAN ISHIBASHI.jpg	Tanzan Ishibashi	May 22, 1946	May 24, 1947	367		Shigeru Yoshida
-		File:Tetsu Katayama.jpg	Tetsu Katayama (Acting)	May 24, 1947	June 1, 1947	8		Tetsu Katayama
33		File:Yano Shotaro.jpg	Shōtarō Yano	June 1, 1947	June 25, 1947	24
34		File:Kurusu Takeo.JPG	Takeo Kurusu	June 25, 1947	March 10, 1948	259
35		File:Kitamura Tokutaro.JPG	Tokutarō Kitamura	March 10, 1948	October 15, 1948	223		Hitoshi Ashida
36		File:Sanroku Izumiyama.jpg	Sanroku Izumiyama	October 19, 1948	December 14, 1948	56		Shigeru Yoshida
37		File:Shinzō Ōya.jpg	Shinzō Ōya (Interim)	December 14, 1948	February 16, 1949	64
38		File:Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg	Hayato Ikeda	February 16, 1949	October 30, 1952	1352
38		File:Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg	Hayato Ikeda	February 16, 1949	October 30, 1952	1352
39		File:Tadaharu Mukai.jpg	Tadaharu Mukai	October 30, 1952	May 21, 1953	203
40		File:Ogasawara-Sankuro-1.jpg	Sankurō Ogasawara	May 21, 1953	December 10, 1954	568
41		File:ICHIMADA Hisato.jpg	Hisato Ichimada	December 10, 1954	November 22, 1955	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
41		File:ICHIMADA Hisato.jpg	Hisato Ichimada	November 22, 1955	December 23, 1956	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
(38)		File:Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg	Hayato Ikeda	December 23, 1956	July 10, 1957	199		Tanzan Ishibashi
(38)		File:Hayato Ikeda 1962.jpg	Hayato Ikeda	December 23, 1956	July 10, 1957	199		Nobusuke Kishi
(41)		File:ICHIMADA Hisato.jpg	Hisato Ichimada	July 10, 1957	June 12, 1958	337
42		File:Eisaku Sato.jpg	Eisaku Satō	June 12, 1958	July 19, 1960	768
43		File:Mikio Mizuta.jpg	Mikio Mizuta	July 19, 1960	July 18, 1962	729		Hayato Ikeda
44		File:Tanaka Cropped.jpg	Kakuei Tanaka	July 18, 1962	June 3, 1965	1051		Hayato Ikeda
44		File:Tanaka Cropped.jpg	Kakuei Tanaka	July 18, 1962	June 3, 1965	1051		Eisaku Satō
45		File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg	Takeo Fukuda	June 3, 1965	December 3, 1966	548
(43)		File:Mikio Mizuta.jpg	Mikio Mizuta	December 3, 1966	November 30, 1968	728
(45)		File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg	Takeo Fukuda	November 30, 1968	July 5, 1971	947
(43)		File:Mikio Mizuta.jpg	Mikio Mizuta	July 5, 1971	July 7, 1972	368
46		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Koshiro Ueki	July 7, 1972	December 22, 1972	168		Kakuei Tanaka
47		File:Kiichi Aichi.jpg	Kiichi Aichi	December 22, 1972	November 23, 1973	336
(45)		File:Takeo Fukuda 19761224.jpg	Takeo Fukuda	November 25, 1973	July 16, 1974	233
48		File:Masayoshi Ohira.jpg	Masayoshi Ōhira	July 16, 1974	December 24, 1976	892
48		File:Masayoshi Ohira.jpg	Masayoshi Ōhira	July 16, 1974	December 24, 1976	892		Takeo Miki
49		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Hideo Bo	December 24, 1976	November 28, 1977	339		Takeo Fukuda
50		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Tatsuo Murayama	November 28, 1977	December 7, 1978	374		Takeo Fukuda
51		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Ippei Kaneko	December 7, 1978	November 9, 1979	337		Masayoshi Ōhira
52		File:Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg	Noboru Takeshita	November 9, 1979	July 17, 1980	251		Masayoshi Ōhira
53		File:Michio Watanabe 1993.jpg	Michio Watanabe	July 17, 1980	November 27, 1982	863		Zenkō Suzuki
(52)		File:Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg	Noboru Takeshita	November 27, 1982	July 22, 1986	1333		Yasuhiro Nakasone
54		File:Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg	Kiichi Miyazawa	July 22, 1986	December 9, 1988	871		Yasuhiro Nakasone
54		File:Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg	Kiichi Miyazawa	July 22, 1986	December 9, 1988	871		Noboru Takeshita
(52)		File:Noboru Takeshita cropped Noboru Takeshita 198711.jpg	Noboru Takeshita (Acting)	December 9, 1988	December 27, 1988	18
(50)		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Tatsuo Murayama	December 27, 1988	August 10, 1989	226
(50)		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Tatsuo Murayama	December 27, 1988	August 10, 1989	226		Sosuke Uno
55		File:Ryutaro Hashimoto 19960111.jpg	Ryutaro Hashimoto	August 10, 1989	October 14, 1991	795		Toshiki Kaifu
-		File:Toshiki Kaifu 19890810.jpg	Toshiki Kaifu (Acting)	October 14, 1991	November 5, 1991	22		Toshiki Kaifu
56		File:Tsutomu Hata cropped Tsutomu Hata 199404.jpg	Tsutomu Hata	November 5, 1991	December 12, 1992	403		Kiichi Miyazawa
57		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Yoshiro Hayashi	December 12, 1992	August 9, 1993	240		Kiichi Miyazawa
58		File:Hisahiro Fujii cropped 1 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting 20091003.jpg	Hirohisa Fujii	August 9, 1993	June 30, 1994	325		Morihiro Hosokawa
58			Hirohisa Fujii	August 9, 1993	June 30, 1994	325		Tsutomu Hata
59		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Masayoshi Takemura	June 30, 1994	January 11, 1996	560		Tomiichi Murayama
60		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Wataru Kubo	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
61		File:Goshichi no kiri.svg	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	November 7, 1996	January 28, 1998	447
62		File:Hikaru Matsunaga.jpg	Hikaru Matsunaga	January 30, 1998	July 30, 1998	181
(54)		File:Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg	Kiichi Miyazawa	July 30, 1998	April 26, 2001	1001		Keizo Obuchi
(54)		File:Kiichi Miyazawa.jpg	Kiichi Miyazawa	July 30, 1998	April 26, 2001	1001		Yoshirō Mori
63		File:Masajuro Shiokawa cropped 2 Finance Ministers of G7 20030412.jpg	Masajuro Shiokawa	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	879		Junichiro Koizumi
64		File:Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-2.jpg	Sadakazu Tanigaki	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2006	1100		Junichiro Koizumi
65		File:Koji Omi.jpg	Kōji Omi	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
66		File:Nukaga Fukushiro 1-2.jpg	Fukushiro Nukaga	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341		Shinzō Abe
66		File:Nukaga Fukushiro 1-2.jpg	Fukushiro Nukaga	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341		Yasuo Fukuda
67		File:사본 -8632564647 fb1ba67294 o.jpg	Bunmei Ibuki	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53		Yasuo Fukuda
68		File:Shoichi Nakagawa cropped.jpg	Shōichi Nakagawa	September 24, 2008	February 18, 2009	147		Tarō Asō
69		File:Kaoru Yosano cropped 1 Timothy Geithner and Kaoru Yosano 20090424.jpg	Kaoru Yosano	February 18, 2009	September 16, 2009	210		Tarō Asō
(58)		File:Hisahiro Fujii cropped 1 G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting 20091003.jpg	Hirohisa Fujii	September 16, 2009	January 6, 2010	112		Yukio Hatoyama
70		File:Kan Naoto.jpg	Naoto Kan	January 6, 2010	June 8, 2010	153		Yukio Hatoyama
71		File:Secretary Geithner Greets Japanese Prime Minister Noda (8079678592) cropped.jpg	Yoshihiko Noda	June 8, 2010	September 2, 2011	451		Naoto Kan
72		File:Minister Azumi.jpg	Jun Azumi	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	395		Yoshihiko Noda
73		File:Koriki Jojima.jpg	Koriki Jojima	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86		Yoshihiko Noda
74		File:Tarō Asō 20170920.jpg	Tarō Asō	December 26, 2012	October 4, 2021	3204		Shinzō Abe
74		File:Tarō Asō 20170920.jpg	Tarō Asō	December 26, 2012	October 4, 2021	3204		Yoshihide Suga
75		File:Shunichi Suzuki 20211004.jpg	Shunichi Suzuki	October 4, 2021	October 1, 2024	1093		Fumio Kishida
76		File:Katsunobu Katō 20241001 (cropped).jpg	Katsunobu Katō	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	286		Shigeru Ishiba

References[change]

↑ Fuji Ginkō. (1967). Banking in modern Japan, p. 125.

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[1] Fuji Ginkō. (1967). Banking in modern Japan, p. 125.

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