Minister of Justice Emblem of the Government of Japan Incumbent Ken Saitō since 11 November 2022 Ministry of Justice Style| His Excellency Member of| Cabinet of Japan Reports to| Prime Minister of Japan Appointer| Prime Minister of Japan attested to by the Emperor Formation| August 1, 1952; 70 years ago (1952-08-01) Deputy| Administrative Vice-Minister of Justice Salary| ¥20,916,000 The Minister of Justice (法務大臣, Houmu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Justice. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The current minister is Ken Saitō, who took office on 11 November 2022. ## Contents * 1 Powers * 2 List of Ministers of Justice (1952-2000) * 3 List of Ministers of Justice (2001–) * 4 References ## Powers[edit] By law, the Minister of Justice is authorized to order executions of any inmate on death row at anytime, making the position highly influential. The Minister is also authorized to deport or grant any foreigner residential or permanent visas. ## List of Ministers of Justice (1952-2000)[edit] Independent Liberal Democratic Japan Renewal Democratic Socialist Justice Minister | Term of Office | Prime Minister | | # | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days 1 | | | Tokutaro Kimura | August 1, 1952 | October 30, 1952 | 90 | | Shigeru Yoshida 2 | | | Takeru Inukai | October 30, 1952 | April 22, 1954 | 539 3 | | | Ryogo Kato | April 22, 1954 | June 19, 1954 | 58 4 | | | Naoshi Ohara | June 19, 1954 | December 10, 1954 | 174 5 | | | Shiro Hamamura | December 10, 1954 | November 22, 1955 | 347 | | Ichirō Hatoyama 6 | | | Ryozo Makino | November 22, 1955 | December 23, 1956 | 397 7 | | | Umekichi Nakamura | December 23, 1956 | July 10, 1957 | 199 | | Tanzan Ishibashi | Nobusuke Kishi 8 | | | Toshiki Karasa | July 10, 1957 | June 12, 1958 | 337 9 | | | Kiichi Aichi | June 12, 1958 | June 18, 1959 | 371 10 | | | Hiroya Ino | June 18, 1959 | July 19, 1960 | 397 11 | | | Tetsuzo Kojima | July 19, 1960 | December 8, 1960 | 142 | | Hayato Ikeda 12 | | | Koshiro Ueki | December 8, 1960 | July 18, 1962 | 587 13 | | | Kunio Nakagaki | July 18, 1962 | July 18, 1963 | 365 14 | | | Okinori Kaya | July 18, 1963 | July 18, 1964 | 366 15 | | | Hitoshi Takahashi | July 18, 1964 | June 3, 1965 | 320 | | Eisaku Satō 16 | | | Mitsujirō Ishii | June 3, 1965 | December 3, 1966 | 548 | 17 | | | Isaji Tanaka | December 3, 1966 | November 25, 1967 | 357 18 | | | Bunzo Akama | November 25, 1967 | November 30, 1968 | 371 19 | | | Kichinosuke Saigo | November 30, 1968 | January 14, 1970 | 410 20 | | | Takeji Kobayashi | January 14, 1970 | February 9, 1971 | 391 21 | | | Daisuke Akita | February 9, 1971 | February 17, 1971 | 8 (12) | | | Koshiro Ueki | February 17, 1971 | July 5, 1971 | 138 23 | | | Shigesaburō Maeo | July 5, 1971 | July 7, 1972 | 368 24 | | | Yuichi Kori | July 7, 1972 | December 22, 1972 | 168 | | Kakuei Tanaka 25 | | | Isaji Tanaka | December 22, 1972 | November 25, 1973 | 338 26 | | | Umekichi Nakamura | November 25, 1973 | November 11, 1974 | 351 27 | | | Seigo Hamano | November 11, 1974 | December 9, 1974 | 28 28 | | | Osamu Inaba | December 9, 1974 | December 24, 1976 | 746 | | Takeo Miki 29 | | | Hajime Fukuda | December 24, 1976 | October 5, 1977 | 285 | | Takeo Fukuda 30 | | | Mitsuo Setayama | October 5, 1977 | December 7, 1978 | 428 31 | | | Yoshimi Furui | December 7, 1978 | November 9, 1979 | 337 | | Masayoshi Ōhira 32 | | | Tadao Kuraishi | November 9, 1979 | July 17, 1980 | 251 33 | | | Seisuke Okuno | July 17, 1980 | November 30, 1980 | 502 | | Zenkō Suzuki 34 | | | Michita Sakata | November 30, 1980 | November 27, 1982 | 727 35 | | | Hatano Akira | November 27, 1982 | December 27, 1983 | 395 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone 36 | | | Eisaku Sumi | December 27, 1983 | November 1, 1984 | 310 37 | | | Hitoshi Shimazaki | November 1, 1984 | December 28, 1985 | 422 38 | | | Seigo Suzuki | December 28, 1985 | July 22, 1986 | 206 39 | | | Kaname Endo | July 22, 1986 | November 6, 1987 | 472 40 | | | Yukio Hasegawa | November 6, 1987 | December 27, 1988 | 416 | | Noboru Takeshita 41 | | | Takashi Hasegawa | December 27, 1998 | December 30, 1998 | 3 42 | | | Masami Takatsuji | December 30, 1998 | June 3 1989 | 185 43 | | | Kazuo Tanikawa | June 3 1989 | August 10, 1989 | 38 | | Sōsuke Uno 44 | | | Masao Goto | August 10, 1989 | February 28, 1990 | 202 | | Toshiki Kaifu 45 | | | Shin Hasegawa | February 28, 1990 | September 13, 1990 | 197 46 | | | Seiroku Kajiyama | September 13, 1990 | December 29, 1990 | 107 47 | | | Megumi Sato | December 29, 1990 | November 5, 1991 | 676 48 | | | Takashi Tawara | November 5, 1991 | December 12, 1992 | 403 | | Kiichi Miyazawa 49 | | | Masaharu Gotōda | December 12, 1992 | August 9, 1993 | 240 50 | | | Akira Mikazuki | August 9, 1993 | April 28, 1994 | 262 | | Morihiro Hosokawa 52 | | | Nagano Shigeto | April 28, 1994 | May 8, 1994 | 10 | | Tsutomu Hata 53 | | | Hiroshi Nakai | May 8, 1994 | June 30, 1994 | 53 54 | | | Isao Maeda | June 30, 1994 | August 8, 1995 | 404 | | Tomiichi Murayama 55 | | | Tomoharu Tazawa | August 8, 1995 | October 8, 1995 | 61 56 | | | Hiroshi Miyazawa | October 8, 1995 | January 11, 1996 | 95 57 | | | Ritsuko Nagao | January 11, 1996 | November 7, 1996 | 301 | | Ryutaro Hashimoto 58 | | | Isao Matsuura | November 7, 1996 | September 11, 1997 | 308 59 | | | Kokichi Shimoinaba | September 11, 1997 | July 30, 1998 | 322 60 | | | Shozaburo Nakamura | July 30, 1998 | March 8, 1999 | 221 | | Keizō Obuchi 61 | | | Takao Jinnouchi | March 8, 1999 | October 5, 1999 | 211 62 | | | Hideo Usui | October 5, 1999 | July 4, 2000 | 273 | | Yoshirō Mori 63 | | | Okiharu Yasuoka | July 4, 2000 | December 5, 2000 | 154 64 | | | Masahiko Komura | December 5, 2000 | January 6, 2001 | 32 ## List of Ministers of Justice (2001–)[edit] Liberal Democratic Democratic Justice Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | | # | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days (64) | | | Masahiko Kōmura | January 6, 2001 | April 26, 2001 | 110 | | Yoshirō Mori 66 | | | Mayumi Moriyama | April 26, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 879 | | Junichiro Koizumi 67 | | | Daizō Nozawa | September 22, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 371 68 | | | Chieko Nōno | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 69 | | | Seiken Sugiura | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 70 | | | Jinen Nagase | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | | Shinzō Abe 71 | | | Kunio Hatoyama | August 27, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 341 | Yasuo Fukuda 72 | | | Okiharu Yasuoka | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 73 | | | Eisuke Mori | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 357 | | Taro Aso 74 | | | Keiko Chiba | September 16, 2009 | September 7, 2010 | 356 | | Yukio Hatoyama | Naoto Kan 75 | | | Minoru Yanagida | September 7, 2010 | November 22, 2010 | 76 76 | | | Yoshito Sengoku | November 22, 2010 | January 14, 2011 | 53 77 | | | Satsuki Eda | January 14, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | 231 78 | | | Hideo Hiraoka | September 2, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | 133 | | Yoshihiko Noda 79 | | | 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 | August 3, 2017 | 365 (21) | | | Yōko Kamikawa | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 25 | | | Takashi Yamashita | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 26 | | | Katsuyuki Kawai | September 11, 2019 | October 31, 2019 | 50 27 | | | Masako Mori | October 31, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 321 (21) | | | Yōko Kamikawa | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | | Yoshihide Suga 29 | | | Yoshihisa Furukawa | October 4, 2021 | 10 August 2022 | 310 | | Fumio Kishida 30 | | | Yasuhiro Hanashi | 10 August 2022 | 11 November 2022 | 93 31 | | | Ken Saitō | 11 November 2022 | Incumbent | 65 ## 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