# Lijst van Japanse ministers van Economische Zaken
## Ministers van Economische Zaken van Japan (1948–heden)

| Minister van Economische Zaken 経済産業大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| Shinzo Oja 大屋晋三 (1894–1980) | 19 oktober 1948 | 16 februari 1949 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida II |
| Heitaro Inagaki 稲垣平太郎 (1888–1976) | 16 februari 1949 | 28 juni 1950 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Ryu Yokoo 横尾龍 (1883–1957) | 28 juni 1950 | 4 juli 1951 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Ryutaro Takahashi 高橋龍太郎 (1875–1967) | 4 juli 1951 | 30 oktober 1952 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Hayato Ikeda 池田勇人 (1899–1965) | 30 oktober 1952 | 30 november 1952 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida IV |
| Sankuro Ogasawara 小笠原三九郎 (1885–1967) | 30 november 1952 | 20 mei 1953 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida IV |
| Sotaro Takase 岡野清豪 (1890–1981) | 20 mei 1953 | 10 januari 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 10 januari 1954 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋湛山 (1884–1973) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | JDP (1954–55) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama I |
| Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋湛山 (1884–1973) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | JDP (1954–55) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama II |
| Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋湛山 (1884–1973) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | LDP (1955–56) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama III |
| Mikio Mizuta 水田三喜男 (1905–1976) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| Mikio Mizuta 水田三喜男 (1905–1976) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Hayato Ikeda 池田勇人 (1899–1965) | 18 juni 1959 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Tatsunosuke Takasaki 高碕達之助 (1885–1964) | 12 juni 1958 | 18 juni 1959 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| Hayato Ikeda 池田勇人 (1899–1965) | 18 juni 1959 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| Mitsujiro Ishii 石井光次郎 (1889–1981) | 19 juli 1960 | 8 december 1960 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda I |
| Etsuzaburo Shiina 椎名悦三郎 (1898–1979) | 8 december 1960 | 18 juli 1961 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Eisaku Sato 佐藤榮作 (1901–1975) | 18 juli 1961 | 18 juli 1962 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Hajime Fukuda 福田一 (1902–1997) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Hajime Fukuda 福田一 (1902–1997) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Yoshio Sakurauchi 櫻内義雄 (1912–2003) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Yoshio Sakurauchi 櫻内義雄 (1912–2003) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Takeo Miki 三木武夫 (1907–1988) | 3 juni 1965 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Kazutaro Sugano 菅野和太郎 (1895–1976) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Kazutaro Sugano 菅野和太郎 (1895–1976) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Etsuzaburo Shiina 椎名悦三郎 (1898–1979) | 25 november 1967 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Masayoshi Ohira 大平正芳 (1910–1980) | 30 november 1968 | 14 januari 1970 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤喜一 (1919–2007) | 14 januari 1970 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Kakuei Tanaka 田中角榮 (1918–1993) | 5 juli 1971 | 7 juli 1972 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曾根康弘 (1918–2019) | 7 juli 1972 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka I |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曾根康弘 (1918–2019) | 7 juli 1972 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Toshio Komoto 河本敏夫 (1911–2001) | 9 december 1974 | 24 december 1976 | LDP | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| Tatsuo Tanaka 田中龍夫 (1910–1998) | 24 december 1976 | 28 november 1977 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Toshio Komoto 河本敏夫 (1911–2001) | 28 november 1977 | 7 december 1978 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Masumi Ezaki 江﨑真澄 (1915–1996) | 7 december 1978 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira I |
| Yoshitake Sasaki 佐々木義武 (1909–1986) | 10 november 1979 | 17 juli 1980 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| Rokusuke Tanaka 田中六助 (1923–1985) | 17 juli 1980 | 30 november 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Shintaro Abe 安倍晋太郎 (1924–1991) | 30 november 1981 | 27 november 1982 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Sadanori Yamanaka 山中貞則 (1921–2004) | 27 november 1982 | 10 juni 1983 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone I |
| Sosuke Uno 宇野宗佑 (1922–1998) | 10 juni 1983 | 27 december 1983 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone I |
| Hikosaburo Okonogi 小此木彦三郎 (1928–1991) | 27 december 1983 | 1 november 1984 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Keijiro Murata 村田敬次郎 (1924–2003) | 1 november 1984 | 28 december 1985 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Michio Watanabe 渡辺 美智雄 (1923–1995) | 28 december 1985 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Hajime Tamura 田村元 (1924–2014) | 22 juli 1986 | 28 december 1988 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone III |
| Hajime Tamura 田村元 (1924–2014) | 22 juli 1986 | 28 december 1988 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 三塚博 (1927–2004) | 28 december 1988 | 3 juni 1989 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Seiroku Kajiyama 梶山静六 (1926–2000) | 3 juni 1989 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Sosuke Uno (1989) | Uno |
| Hikaru Matsunaga 松永光 (1928–2022) | 10 augustus 1989 | 28 februari 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu I |
| Kabun Muto 武藤嘉文 (1926–2009) | 28 februari 1990 | 30 december 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Eiichi Nakao 中尾栄一 (1930–2018) | 30 december 1990 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Kozo Watanabe 渡部恒三 (1932–2020) | 5 november 1991 | 12 december 1992 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Yoshiro Mori 森喜朗 (1937) | 12 december 1992 | 9 augustus 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Hiroshi Kumagai 熊谷弘 (1940) | 9 augustus 1993 | 28 april 1994 | JRP | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| Eijiro Hata 畑英次郎 (1928) | 28 april 1994 | 30 juni 1994 | JRP | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| Ryutaro Hashimoto 橋本龍太郎 (1937–2006) | 30 juni 1994 | 11 januari 1996 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| Shunpei Tsukahara 塚原俊平 (1947–1997) | 11 januari 1996 | 6 november 1996 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto I |
| Shinji Sato 塚原俊平 (1932–2016) | 6 november 1996 | 11 september 1997 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Mitsuo Horiuchi 堀内光雄 (1930–2016) | 11 september 1997 | 30 juli 1998 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Kaoru Yosano 与謝野馨 (1938–2017) | 30 juli 1998 | 5 oktober 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Takashi Fukaya 深谷隆司 (1935) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Takashi Fukaya 深谷隆司 (1935) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Takeo Hiranuma 平沼赳夫 (1939) | 5 juli 2000 | 22 september 2003 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Takeo Hiranuma 平沼赳夫 (1939) | 5 juli 2000 | 22 september 2003 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Shoichi Nakagawa 中川昭一 (1953–2009) | 22 september 2003 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Shoichi Nakagawa 中川昭一 (1953–2009) | 22 september 2003 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| Shoichi Nakagawa 中川昭一 (1953–2009) | 22 september 2003 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Toshihiro Nikai 二階俊博 (1939) | 31 oktober 2005 | 26 september 2006 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Akira Amari 甘利明 (1949) | 26 september 2006 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Akira Amari 甘利明 (1949) | 26 september 2006 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| Toshihiro Nikai 二階俊博 (1939) | 1 augustus 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| Toshihiro Nikai 二階俊博 (1939) | 1 augustus 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Taro Aso (2008–2009) | Aso |
| Masayuki Naoshima 直嶋正行 (1945) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010) | Y. Hatoyama |
| Masayuki Naoshima 直嶋正行 (1945) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Akihiro Ohata 大畠章宏 (1947) | 17 september 2010 | 15 januari 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Banri Kaieda 海江田万里 (1949) | 15 januari 2011 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Yoshio Hachiro 鉢呂吉雄 (1948) | 1 september 2011 | 11 september 2011 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Osamu Fujimura 藤村修 (1949) | 11 september 2011 | 12 september 2011 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Yukio Edano 枝野幸男 (1964) | 12 september 2011 | 26 december 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Toshimitsu Motegi 茂木敏充 (1955) | 26 december 2012 | 3 september 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Yuko Obuchi 小渕優子 (1973) | 3 september 2014 | 20 oktober 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Yoichi Miyazawa 宮沢洋一 (1950) | 20 oktober 2014 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Yoichi Miyazawa 宮沢洋一 (1950) | 20 oktober 2014 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Motoo Hayashi 林幹雄 (1947) | 7 oktober 2015 | 3 augustus 2016 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Hiroshige Seko 世耕弘成 (1962) | 3 augustus 2016 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Hiroshige Seko 世耕弘成 (1962) | 3 augustus 2016 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Isshu Sugawara 菅原一秀 (1962) | 11 september 2019 | 25 oktober 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Hiroshi Kajiyama 梶山弘志 (1955) | 25 oktober 2019 | 4 oktober 2021 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Hiroshi Kajiyama 梶山弘志 (1955) | 25 oktober 2019 | 4 oktober 2021 | LDP | Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) | Suga |
| Koichi Hagiuda 萩生田光一 (1963) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida I |
| Koichi Hagiuda 萩生田光一 (1963) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| Yasutoshi Nishimura 西村康稔 (1962) | 10 augustus 2022 | 13 december 2023 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| Ken Saito 齋藤健 (1959) | 13 december 2023 | heden | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Afgetreden
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Vicepremier vanaf 1 oktober 1995
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Landbouw, Bosbouw en Visserij