List of Japanese prime ministers by longevity
Longevity of Japanese prime ministers
Died in office (assassinated). Died in office (not assassinated).

List of Japanese prime ministers by longevity

Section Title: Longevity of Japanese prime ministers
Table Section Text: Died in office (assassinated). Died in office (not assassinated).

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Start date of (first) term	Age at beginning of (first) term	End date of (final) term	Total time in office	Date of death	Lifespan

1	Itō Hirobumi	16 October 1841	22 December 1885	44 years, 67 days	10 May 1901	2,716 days	26 October 1909	68 years, 10 days

2	Kuroda Kiyotaka	16 October 1840	30 April 1888	47 years, 197 days	18 September 1896	561 days	23 August 1900	59 years, 311 days

3	Sanjō Sanetomi	13 March 1837	25 October 1889	52 years, 226 days	24 December 1889	60 days	28 February 1891	53 years, 352 days

4	Yamagata Aritomo	14 June 1838	24 December 1889	51 years, 193 days	19 October 1900	1,208 days	1 February 1922	83 years, 232 days

5	Matsukata Masayoshi	25 February 1835	6 May 1891	56 years, 70 days	12 January 1898	941 days	2 July 1924	89 years, 128 days

6	Ōkuma Shigenobu	11 March 1838	30 June 1898	60 years, 111 days	9 October 1916	1,038 days	10 January 1922	83 years, 305 days

7	Saionji Kinmochi	23 October 1849	10 May 1901	51 years, 199 days	21 December 1912	1,421 days	24 November 1940	91 years, 32 days

8	Katsura Tarō	4 January 1848	2 June 1901	53 years, 149 days	20 February 1913	2,883 days	10 October 1913	65 years, 279 days

9	Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	26 November 1852	20 February 1913	60 years, 86 days	7 January 1924	547 days	8 December 1933	81 years, 12 days

10	Terauchi Masatake	5 February 1852	9 October 1916	64 years, 247 days	29 September 1918	720 days	3 November 1919	67 years, 271 days

11	Hara Takashi	9 February 1856	29 September 1918	62 years, 232 days	4 November 1921	1,132 days	4 November 1921	65 years, 268 days

12	Uchida Kōsai	17 November 1865	4 November 1921	55 years, 352 days	2 September 1923	18 days	12 March 1936	70 years, 116 days

13	Takahashi Korekiyo	27 July 1854	13 November 1921	67 years, 109 days	26 May 1932	222 days	26 February 1936	81 years, 214 days

14	Katō Tomosaburō	22 February 1861	12 June 1922	61 years, 110 days	24 August 1923	438 days	24 August 1923	62 years, 183 days

15	Kiyoura Keigo	14 February 1850	7 January 1924	73 years, 327 days	11 June 1924	156 days	5 November 1942	92 years, 264 days

16	Katō Takaaki	3 January 1860	11 June 1924	64 years, 160 days	28 January 1926	596 days	28 January 1926	66 years, 25 days

17	Wakatsuki Reijirō	21 March 1866	28 January 1926	59 years, 313 days	13 December 1931	690 days	20 November 1949	83 years, 244 days

18	Tanaka Giichi	22 June 1864	20 April 1927	62 years, 302 days	2 July 1929	804 days	29 September 1929	65 years, 99 days

19	Osachi Hamaguchi	1 April 1870	2 July 1929	59 years, 92 days	14 April 1931	535 days	26 August 1931	61 years, 147 days

20	Kijūrō Shidehara	11 August 1872	14 November 1930	58 years, 95 days	22 May 1946	341 days	10 March 1951	78 years, 211 days

21	Inukai Tsuyoshi	20 April 1855	13 December 1931	76 years, 237 days	15 May 1932	154 days	15 May 1932	77 years, 25 days

22	Saitō Makoto	27 October 1858	26 May 1932	73 years, 212 days	8 July 1934	773 days	26 February 1936	77 years, 122 days

23	Keisuke Okada	20 January 1868	8 July 1934	66 years, 169 days	9 March 1936	607 days	7 October 1952	84 years, 261 days

24	Fumio Gotō	7 March 1884	26 February 1936	51 years, 356 days	29 February 1936	3 days	13 May 1980	96 years, 67 days

25	Kōki Hirota	14 February 1878	9 March 1936	58 years, 24 days	2 February 1937	330 days	23 December 1948	70 years, 313 days

26	Senjūrō Hayashi	23 February 1876	2 February 1937	60 years, 345 days	4 June 1937	122 days	4 February 1943	66 years, 346 days

27	Fumimaro Konoe	12 October 1891	4 June 1937	45 years, 235 days	18 October 1941	1,033 days	16 December 1945	54 years, 65 days

28	Hiranuma Kiichirō	28 September 1867	5 January 1939	71 years, 99 days	30 August 1939	237 days	22 August 1952	84 years, 329 days

29	Nobuyuki Abe	24 November 1875	30 August 1939	63 years, 279 days	16 January 1940	139 days	7 September 1953	77 years, 287 days

30	Mitsumasa Yonai	2 March 1880	16 January 1940	59 years, 320 days	22 July 1940	188 days	20 April 1948	68 years, 49 days

31	Hideki Tojo	30 December 1884	18 October 1941	56 years, 292 days	22 July 1944	1,008 days	23 December 1948	63 years, 359 days

32	Kuniaki Koiso	22 March 1880	22 July 1944	64 years, 122 days	7 April 1945	259 days	3 November 1950	70 years, 226 days

33	Kantarō Suzuki	18 January 1868	7 April 1945	77 years, 79 days	17 August 1945	132 days	17 April 1948	80 years, 90 days

34	Naruhiko Higashikuni	3 December 1887	17 August 1945	57 years, 257 days	9 October 1945	53 days	20 January 1990	102 years, 48 days

35	Shigeru Yoshida	22 September 1878	22 May 1946	67 years, 242 days	10 December 1954	2,614 days	20 October 1967	89 years, 28 days

36	Tetsu Katayama	28 July 1887	24 May 1947	59 years, 300 days	10 March 1948	291 days	30 May 1978	90 years, 306 days

37	Hitoshi Ashida	15 November 1887	10 March 1948	60 years, 116 days	15 October 1948	219 days	20 June 1959	71 years, 217 days

38	Ichirō Hatoyama	1 January 1883	10 December 1954	71 years, 343 days	23 December 1956	744 days	7 March 1959	76 years, 65 days

39	Tanzan Ishibashi	25 September 1884	23 December 1956	72 years, 89 days	31 January 1957	39 days	25 April 1973	88 years, 212 days

40	Nobusuke Kishi	13 November 1896	31 January 1957	60 years, 79 days	19 July 1960	1,265 days	7 August 1987	90 years, 267 days

41	Hayato Ikeda	3 December 1899	19 July 1960	60 years, 229 days	9 November 1964	1,574 days	13 August 1965	65 years, 253 days

42	Eisaku Satō	27 March 1901	9 November 1964	63 years, 227 days	7 July 1972	2,797 days	3 June 1975	74 years, 68 days

43	Kakuei Tanaka	4 May 1918	7 July 1972	54 years, 64 days	9 December 1974	885 days	16 December 1993	75 years, 226 days

44	Takeo Miki	17 March 1907	9 December 1974	67 years, 267 days	24 December 1976	746 days	4 November 1988	81 years, 232 days

45	Takeo Fukuda	14 January 1905	24 December 1976	71 years, 345 days	7 December 1978	713 days	5 July 1995	90 years, 172 days

46	Masayoshi Ōhira	12 March 1910	7 December 1978	68 years, 270 days	12 June 1980	553 days	12 June 1980	70 years, 92 days

47	Masayoshi Ito	15 December 1913	12 June 1980	66 years, 180 days	17 July 1980	35 days	20 May 1994	80 years, 156 days

48	Zenkō Suzuki	11 January 1911	17 July 1980	69 years, 188 days	27 November 1982	863 days	19 July 2004	93 years, 190 days

49	Yasuhiro Nakasone	27 May 1918	27 November 1982	64 years, 184 days	6 November 1987	1,805 days	100 years, 310 days

50	Noboru Takeshita	26 February 1924	6 November 1987	63 years, 253 days	3 June 1989	575 days	19 June 2000	76 years, 114 days

51	Sōsuke Uno	27 August 1922	3 June 1989	66 years, 280 days	10 August 1989	68 days	19 May 1998	75 years, 265 days

52	Toshiki Kaifu	2 January 1931	10 August 1989	58 years, 220 days	5 November 1991	817 days	88 years, 90 days

53	Kiichi Miyazawa	8 October 1919	5 November 1991	72 years, 28 days	9 August 1993	643 days	28 June 2007	87 years, 263 days

54	Morihiro Hosokawa	14 January 1938	9 August 1993	55 years, 207 days	28 April 1994	262 days	81 years, 78 days

55	Tsutomu Hata	24 August 1935	28 April 1994	58 years, 247 days	30 June 1994	63 days	28 August 2017	82 years, 4 days

56	Tomiichi Murayama	3 March 1924	30 June 1994	70 years, 119 days	11 January 1996	560 days	95 years, 30 days

57	Ryutaro Hashimoto	29 July 1937	11 January 1996	58 years, 166 days	30 July 1998	931 days	1 July 2006	68 years, 337 days

58	Keizō Obuchi	25 June 1937	30 July 1998	61 years, 35 days	5 April 2000	615 days	14 May 2000	62 years, 324 days

59	Yoshirō Mori	14 July 1937	5 April 2000	62 years, 266 days	26 April 2001	386 days	81 years, 262 days

60	Junichiro Koizumi	8 January 1942	26 April 2001	59 years, 108 days	26 September 2006	1,979 days	77 years, 84 days

61	Shinzō Abe	21 September 1954	26 September 2006	52 years, 5 days	Incumbent	2,653 days	64 years, 193 days

62	Yasuo Fukuda	16 July 1936	26 September 2007	71 years, 72 days	24 September 2008	364 days	82 years, 260 days

63	Tarō Asō	20 September 1940	24 September 2008	68 years, 4 days	16 September 2009	357 days	78 years, 194 days

64	Yukio Hatoyama	11 February 1947	16 September 2009	62 years, 217 days	8 June 2010	265 days	72 years, 50 days

65	Naoto Kan	10 October 1946	8 June 2010	63 years, 237 days	2 September 2011	451 days	72 years, 174 days

66	Yoshihiko Noda	20 May 1957	2 September 2011	54 years, 105 days	26 December 2012	481 days	61 years, 317 days

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Start date of (first) term	Age at beginning of (first) term	End date of (final) term	Total time in office	Date of death	Lifespan

Sentence(s)

The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.
The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.
The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.

final_sentence: The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.
final_sentence: The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.
final_sentence: The shortest-lived Prime Minister was Sanetomi Sanjō, who died at the age of 53 years and 352 days.