List of female cabinet ministers of Japan
The Cabinet of Japan has had 26 female officers. denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

List of female cabinet ministers of Japan

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Table Section Text: The Cabinet of Japan has had 26 female officers. denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

Minister	Position	Year Appointed	Administration

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

Yuriko Koike	Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs	2004	Koizumi II

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs	2006	Koizumi III

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications	2014	Abe II and III

Seiko Noda	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications	2017	Abe III and IV

Minister of Justice

Ritsuko Nagao	Minister of Justice	1996	Hashimoto I

Mayumi Moriyama	Minister of Justice	2001	Koizumi I

Chieko Nono	Minister of Justice	2004	Koizumi II

Keiko Chiba	Minister of Justice	2009	Hatoyama and Kan

Midori Matsushima	Minister of Justice	2014	Abe II

Yōko Kamikawa	Minister of Justice	2014	Abe II, III and IV

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Makiko Tanaka	Minister of Foreign Affairs	2001	Koizumi I

Yoriko Kawaguchi	Minister of Foreign Affairs	2002	Koizumi II

Minister of Finance

None

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Tsuruyo Kondo	Minister of State for Science and Technology	1962

Chikage Oogi	Minister of State for Science and Technology	1981

Akiko Santo	Minister of State for Science and Technology	1990

Mayumi Moriyama	Minister of Education, Science, Sport and Culture	1992

Ryoko Aakamatsu	Minister of Education	1993

Makiko Tanaka	Minister of State for Science and Technology	1994

Seiko Noda	Minister of Post and Telecommunication	1996

Atsuko Toyama	Minister of State for Science and Technology	2001

Seiko Noda	Minister of State for Science and Technology	2008

Makiko Tanaka	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	2012

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Masa Nakayama	Minister of Health and Social Welfare	1960	Ikeda I

Yoko Komiyama	Minister of Health and Social Welfare	2011	Noda

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

None

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Yuko Obuchi	Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry	2014	Shinzo Abe

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Chikage Ogi	Minister of Construction	2000

Chikage Ogi	Minister of State for the National Land	2000

Chikage Ogi	Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport	2000

Minister of Environment

Shige Ishimoto	Minister of State for Environment	1984

Michiko Ishii	Minister of State for Environment	1988

Mayumi Moriyama	Minister of State for Environment	1989

Wakako Hironaka	Minister of State for Environment	1993

Toshiko Hamayotsu	Minister of State for Environment	1994

Kayoko Shimizu	Minister of State for Environment	1999

Yoriko Kawaguchi	Minister of State for Environment	2000

Yoriko Kawaguchi	Minister of Environment	2001

Yuriko Koike	Minister of Environment	2003

Tamayo Marukawa	Minister of Environment	2015	Shinzo Abe

Minister of Defense

Yuriko Koike	Minister of Defense	2007

Tomomi Inada	Minister of Defense	2016

Chief Cabinet Secretary

Mayumi Moriyama	Chief Cabinet Secretary	1989	Toshiki Kaifu

Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

Tomiko Okazaki	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission	2010

Eriko Yamatani	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission	2014	Shinzo Abe

Minister of State

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of State for Food Safety	2006

Seiko Noda	Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety	2008

Mizuho Fukushima	Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety	2009

Sumiko Takahara	Minister of State for Economic Planning	1989

Mashiko Komura	Minister of State for Economic Planning	1994

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of State for Innovation	2006

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy	2006

Hiroko Ota	Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy	2006

Renho Murata	Minister of State of Administrative Reform	2010

Renho Murata	Minister of State of Administrative Reform	2012

Tomomi Inada	Minister of State of Administrative Reform	2012

Chieko Nono	Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate	2004

Sanae Takaichi	Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs	2006

Yoko Kamikawa	Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs	2007

Masako Mori	Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate	2012

Yuko Obuchi	Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality	2008

Mizuho Fukushima	Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality	2009

Masako Mori	Minister of State for Gender Equality	2012

Haruko Arimura	Minister of State for Gender Equality	2014	Shinzo Abe

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Masa Nakayama was appointed as Minister of Health and Welfare of Japan in 1960.

final_sentence: Masa Nakayama was appointed as Minister of Health and Welfare of Japan in 1960.