Minister of the Environment (Japan)

The Minister of the Environment (環境大臣code: ja is deprecated , Kankyou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

Minister of the Environment
80px Emblem of the Government of Japan
File:Keiichiro Asao 20230224 (cropped).jpg Incumbent Keiichiro Asao since 1 October 2024
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 (2001-01-06)
Deputy	State Minister of the Environment
Salary	¥20,916,000

The current minister is Keiichiro Asao, who took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of the environment (2001–)

      Liberal Democratic
<span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:;">      New Komeito/Komeito
      Democratic

Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1		File:Yoriko Kawaguchi cropped.jpg	Yoriko Kawaguchi	January 6, 2001	February 8, 2002	398		Yoshirō Mori
								Junichiro Koizumi
2		100px	Hiroshi Ōki	February 8, 2002	September 30, 2002	234
3		File:Shunichi Suzuki cropped 2 Shunichi Suzuki and Yukiya Amano 20130701.jpg	Shun'ichi Suzuki	September 30, 2002	September 22, 2003	357
4		100px	Yuriko Koike	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2006	1100
5		File:Masatoshi Wakabayashi 200708.jpg	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
6		100px	Ichirō Kamoshita	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341
								Yasuo Fukuda
7		File:Tetsuo Saitō.jpg	Tetsuo Saito	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009	410
								Taro Aso
8		100px	Sakihito Ozawa	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010	370		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
9		100px	Ryu Matsumoto	September 21, 2010	September 2, 2011	346
10		100px	Satsuki Eda	June 27, 2011	September 2, 2011	67
11		100px	Goshi Hosono	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	395		Yoshihiko Noda
12		File:Hiroyuki Nagahama.jpg	Hiroyuki Nagahama	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86
13		File:Ishihara Nobuteru - Wakaba Station - 20100703.JPG	Nobuteru Ishihara	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
14		100px	Yoshio Mochizuki	September 3, 2014	October 7, 2015	399
15		100px	Tamayo Marukawa	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
16		100px	Koichi Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
17		File:Nakagawa masaharu.jpg	Masaharu Nakagawa	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
18		File:Yoshiaki Harada.jpg	Yoshiaki Harada	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
19		100px	Shinjirō Koizumi	September 11, 2019	October 4, 2021	754		Yoshihide Suga
20		100px	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
21		100px	Akihiro Nishimura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	399
22		100px	Shintaro Ito	September 13, 2023	October 1, 2024	384
23		100px	Keiichiro Asao	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	470		Shigeru Ishiba

Minister Of The Environment (Japan) Media

• Yoriko Kawaguchi 2001.jpg

  外務大臣　川口　順子

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  鈴木 俊一

• Yuriko Koike 200409.jpg

  Yuriko Koike was the Minister of the Environment on September, 2004.

• Ichiro Kamoshita 201008 (cropped).jpg

  Ichiro Kamoshita 201008 (cropped)

• Sakihito Ozawa 20090918.jpg

  Minister of the Environment*Sakihito OZAWA

• Satsuki Eda MOJ (cropped 2).jpg

  Satsuki Eda MOJ (cropped 2)