Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| 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 | Minister of Education Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of Education |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Toshiko Abe, who took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of education, culture, sports, science and technology (2001–)
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| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | 
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Nobutaka Machimura | January 6, 2001 | April 26, 2001 | 110 | Yoshiro Mori | ||
| 2 | 
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Atsuko Tōyama | April 26, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 879 | Junichiro Koizumi | ||
| 3 | 
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Takeo Kawamura | September 22, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 371 | |||
| 4 | 
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Nariaki Nakayama | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 | |||
| 5 | 
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Kenji Kosaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | |||
| 6 | 
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Bunmei Ibuki | September 26, 2006 | September 26, 2007 | 365 | Shinzo Abe | ||
| 7 | 
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Kisaburo Tokai | September 26, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 311 | Yasuo Fukuda | ||
| 8 | 
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Tsuneo Suzuki | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 | |||
| 9 | 
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Ryū Shionoya | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 357 | Taro Aso | ||
| 10 | 
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Tatsuo Kawabata | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 11 | 
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Yoshiaki Takaki | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | |||
| 12 | 
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Masaharu Nakagawa | September 2, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | 133 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 13 | 
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Hirofumi Hirano | January 13, 2012 | October 1, 2012 | 262 | |||
| 14 | 
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Makiko Tanaka | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | |||
| 15 | 
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Hakubun Shimomura | December 26, 2012 | October 7, 2015 | 1015 | Shinzo Abe | ||
| 16 | 
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Hiroshi Hase | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | |||
| 17 | 
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Hirokazu Matsuno | August 3, 2016 | August 3, 2017 | 365 | |||
| 18 | 
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Yoshimasa Hayashi | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | |||
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Masahiko Shibayama | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | |||
| 20 | 
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Kōichi Hagiuda | September 11, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 754 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 21 | 
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Shinsuke Suematsu | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | ||
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Keiko Nagaoka | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 786 | |||
| 23 | 
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Masahito Moriyama | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | |||
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Toshiko Abe | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 3 | Shigeru Ishiba | ||