Minister of the Environment (Japan)


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Minister of the Environment
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Incumbent
Keiichiro Asao

since 1 October 2024
Ministry of the Environment
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet of Japan
Reports toPrime Minister of Japan
NominatorPrime Minister of Japan
AppointerEmperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
PrecursorDirector-General of the Environmental Agency
FormationJanuary 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-06)
DeputyState 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
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      Democratic

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

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