Minister of the Environment (Japan)
| Minister of the Environment | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
| Ministry of the Environment | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Director-General of the Environmental Agency |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of the Environment |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Minister of the Environment (環境大臣, Kankyou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.
The current minister is Keiichiro Asao, who took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of the environment (2001–)
Liberal Democratic
New Komeito/Komeito
Democratic
| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | Yoriko Kawaguchi | January 6, 2001 | February 8, 2002 | 398 | Yoshirō Mori | |||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | Hiroshi Ōki | February 8, 2002 | September 30, 2002 | 234 | ||||
| 3 | Shun'ichi Suzuki | September 30, 2002 | September 22, 2003 | 357 | ||||
| 4 | Yuriko Koike | September 22, 2003 | September 26, 2006 | 1100 | ||||
| 5 | Masatoshi Wakabayashi | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 6 | Ichirō Kamoshita | August 27, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 341 | ||||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| 7 | Tetsuo Saito | August 2, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 410 | ||||
| Taro Aso | ||||||||
| 8 | Sakihito Ozawa | September 16, 2009 | September 21, 2010 | 370 | Yukio Hatoyama | |||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 9 | Ryu Matsumoto | September 21, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 346 | ||||
| 10 | Satsuki Eda | June 27, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | 67 | ||||
| 11 | Goshi Hosono | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | |||
| 12 | Hiroyuki Nagahama | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | ||||
| 13 | Nobuteru Ishihara | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | |||
| 14 | Yoshio Mochizuki | September 3, 2014 | October 7, 2015 | 399 | ||||
| 15 | Tamayo Marukawa | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | ||||
| 16 | Koichi Yamamoto | August 3, 2016 | August 3, 2017 | 365 | ||||
| 17 | Masaharu Nakagawa | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | ||||
| 18 | Yoshiaki Harada | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | ||||
| 19 | Shinjirō Koizumi | September 11, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 754 | Yoshihide Suga | |||
| 20 | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | |||
| 21 | Akihiro Nishimura | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | ||||
| 22 | Shintaro Ito | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | ||||
| 23 | Keiichiro Asao | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 355 | Shigeru Ishiba | |||
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