- Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)
-
The Minister for Foreign Affairs (外務大臣 Gaimu Daijin) of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since the end of the American occupation of Japan, the position has been one of the most powerful in the Cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on external relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to establish a more interventionist foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position.
The position is currently held by Kōichirō Genba.
Contents
List of ministers
# Name Took office Left office 19th century 1 Inoue Kaoru 1885 1887 2 Itō Hirobumi 1887 1888 3 Ōkuma Shigenobu
(1st)1888 1889 4 Aoki Shūzō
(1st)1889 1891 5 Enomoto Takeaki 1891 1892 6 Mutsu Munemitsu 1892 1896 7 Saionji Kinmochi
(1st)1896 1896 3 Ōkuma Shigenobu
(2nd)1896 1897 8 Nishi Tokujirō 1897 1898 3 Ōkuma Shigenobu
(3rd)1898 1898 4 Aoki Shūzō
(2nd)1898 1900 20th century 9 Katō Takaaki
(1st)1900 1901 10 Sone Arasuke 1901 1901 11 Komura Jutarō
(1st)1901 1906 9 Katō Takaaki
(2nd)1906 1906 7 Saionji Kinmochi
(2nd)1906 1906 12 Hayashi Tadasu 1906 1908 13 Terauchi Masatake
(1st)1908 1908 11 Komura Jutarō
(2nd)1908 1911 14 Uchida Kosai
(1st)1911 1912 15 Katsura Tarō 1912 1913 9 Katō Takaaki
(2nd)1913 1913 16 Makino Nobuaki 1913 1914 9 Katō Takaaki
(3rd)1914 1915 3 Ōkuma Shigenobu
(4th)1915 1915 17 Ishii Kikujirō 1915 1916 13 Terauchi Masatake
(2nd)1916 1916 18 Motono Ichirō 1916 1918 19 Gotō Shinpei 1918 1918 14 Uchida Kosai
(2nd)1918 1923 20 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 1923 1923 21 Hikokichi Ijuin 1923 1924 22 Matsui Keishirō 1924 1924 23 Kijūrō Shidehara
(1st)1924 1927 24 Tanaka Giichi 1927 1929 23 Kijūrō Shidehara
(2nd)1929 1931 25 Inukai Tsuyoshi 1931 1932 26 Kenkichi Yoshizawa 1932 1932 27 Saitō Makoto 1932 1932 14 Uchida Kosai
(3rd)1932 1933 28 Kōki Hirota
(1st)1933 1936 29 Hachirō Arita
(1st)1936 1937 30 Senjuro Hayashi 1937 1937 31 Naotake Satō 1937 1937 28 Kōki Hirota
(2nd)1937 1938 32 Kazushige Ugaki 1938 1938 29 Hachirō Arita
(2nd)1938 1939 33 Nobuyuki Abe 1939 1939 34 Kichisaburō Nomura 1939 1940 29 Hachirō Arita
(3rd)1940 1940 35 Yōsuke Matsuoka 1940 1941 36 Teijirō Toyoda 1941 1941 37 Shigenori Tōgō
(1st)1941 1942 38 Hideki Tōjō 1942 1942 39 Masayuki Tani 1942 1943 40 Mamoru Shigemitsu
(1st)1943 1945 41 Kantarō Suzuki 1945 1945 37 Shigenori Tōgō
(2nd)1945 1945 40 Mamoru Shigemitsu
(2nd)1945 1945 42 Shigeru Yoshida
(1st)1945 1947 43 Hitoshi Ashida 1947 1948 42 Shigeru Yoshida
(2nd)1948 1952 Katsuo Okazaki 1952 1954 40 Mamoru Shigemitsu
(3rd)1954 1956 44 Nobusuke Kishi 1956 1957 45 Aiichiro Fujiyama 1957 1960 46 Zentaro Kosaka
(1st)1960 1962 47 Masayoshi Ōhira
(1st)1962 1964 48 Shiina Etsusaburo 1964 1966 49 Takeo Miki 1966 1968 50 Kiichi Aichi 1968 1971 51 Takeo Fukuda 1971 1972 47 Masayoshi Ōhira
(2nd)1972 1974 52 Toshio Kimura 1974 1974 53 Kiichi Miyazawa 1974 1976 46 Zentaro Kosaka
(2nd)1976 1976 54 Iichirō Hatoyama 1976 1977 55 Sunao Sonoda
(1st)1977 1979 56 Saburo Okita 1979 1980 57 Masayoshi Ito 1980 1981 55 Sunao Sonoda
(2nd)1981 1981 58 Yoshio Sakurauchi 1981 1982 57 Shintaro Abe 1982 1986 58 Tadashi Kuranari 1986 1987 59 Sōsuke Uno 1987 1989 60 Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 1989 1989 61 Taro Nakayama 1989 1991 62 Michio Watanabe 1991 1993 63 Kabun Muto 1993 1993 64 Tsutomu Hata 1993 1994 65 Koji Kakizawa 1994 1994 66 Yohei Kono
(1st)1994 1996 67 Yukihiko Ikeda 1996 1997 68 Keizō Obuchi 1997 1998 69 Masahiko Kōmura
(1st)1998 1999 66 Yohei Kono
(2nd)1999 2001 21st century 70 Makiko Tanaka 2001 2002 71 Junichiro Koizumi 2002 2002 72 Yoriko Kawaguchi 2002 2004 73 Nobutaka Machimura
(1st)2004 2005 74 Tarō Asō 2005 2007 73 Nobutaka Machimura
(2nd)2007 2007 69 Masahiko Kōmura
(2nd)2007 2008 75 Hirofumi Nakasone 2008 2009 76 Katsuya Okada 2009 2010 77 Seiji Maehara 2010 2011 Yukio Edano (acting) 2011 2011 78 Takeaki Matsumoto 2011 2011 79 Kōichirō Genba 2011 Present See also
References
External links
Foreign relations of JapanAfrica 
Asia Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Cambodia · China (PRC) · India · Indonesia · Iran · Israel · Korea (North) · Korea (South) · Malaysia · Mongolia · Nepal · Pakistan · Philippines · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Republic of China (Taiwan) · Thailand · VietnamEurope Armenia · Austria · Bulgaria · Denmark · European Union · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kosovo · Lithuania · Netherlands · Montenegro · Russia · Serbia · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · United KingdomAmericas Oceania Australia · TongaMultilateral Previous Russian Empire · Soviet UnionHistorical Missions to Imperial China · Red seal ships · Nanban trade · Sakoku · Joseon missions to Japan · Japanese missions to Joseon · Dutch missions to Edo · Ryukyuan missions to Edo · Foreign relations of Meiji Japan · Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereDisputes Related topics Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japanese government ministries and agencies 
Cabinet Office (Imperial Household Agency · Fair Trade Commission · National Public Safety Commission and National Police Agency · Financial Services Agency · Consumer Affairs Agency)Internal Affairs and Communications (List) · Justice (List) · Foreign Affairs (List) · Finance (List) · Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (List) · Health, Labour and Welfare (List) · Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (List) · Economy, Trade and Industry (List) · Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (List) · Environment (List) · Defense (List)Board of Audit (constitutionally independent) Categories:- Foreign ministers of Japan
- Lists of government ministers
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
