Minister of Justice (Japan)

The Minister of Justice (法務大臣, Hōmu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Justice.

Ministers of Justice (2001–)

Liberal Democratic
Democratic

Justice Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Prime Minister
1			Masahiko Kōmura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	110		Yoshirō Mori
2			Mayumi Moriyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	879		Junichiro Koizumi
3			Daizō Nozawa	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
4			Chieko Nohno	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
5			Seiken Sugiura	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
6			Jinen Nagase	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
7			Kunio Hatoyama	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341		Shinzō Abe
7			Kunio Hatoyama	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341		Yasuo Fukuda
8			Okiharu Yasuoka	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53		Yasuo Fukuda
9			Eisuke Mori	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	357		Taro Aso
10			Keiko Chiba	September 16, 2009	September 7, 2010	356		Yukio Hatoyama
10			Keiko Chiba	September 16, 2009	September 7, 2010	356		Naoto Kan
11			Minoru Yanagida	September 7, 2010	November 22, 2010	76
12			Yoshito Sengoku	November 22, 2010	January 14, 2011	53
13			Satsuki Eda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
14			Hideo Hiraoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	133		Yoshihiko Noda
15			Toshio Ogawa	January 13, 2012	June 4, 2012	143
16			Makoto Taki	June 4, 2012	October 1, 2012	119
17			Keishu Tanaka	October 1, 2012	October 23, 2012	22
(16)			Makoto Taki	October 23, 2012	December 26, 2012	64
19			Sadakazu Tanigaki	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
20			Midori Matsushima	September 3, 2014	October 20, 2014	47
21			Yōko Kamikawa	October 20, 2014	October 7, 2015	352
22			Mitsuhide Iwaki	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
23			Katsutoshi Kaneda	August 3, 2016	Incumbent	124

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