# Lijst van Japanse ministers van Defensie
## Ministers van Defensie van Japan (1956–heden)

| Directeur- generaal van de JSDF 防衛庁長官 | Directeur- generaal van de JSDF 防衛庁長官 | Directeur- generaal van de JSDF 防衛庁長官 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| | | Nobusuke Kishi 岸信介 (1896–1987) | 23 december 1956 | 2 februari 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| | | Akira Kotaki 小瀧彬 (1904–1958) | 2 februari 1957 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| | | Akira Kotaki 小瀧彬 (1904–1958) | 2 februari 1957 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| | | Juichi Tsushima 津島壽一 (1888–1967) | 10 juli 1957 | 12 juni 1958 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| | | Gisen Sato 左藤義詮 (1899–1985) | 12 juni 1958 | 12 januari 1959 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Ino Shigejiro 伊能繁次郎 (1901–1981) | 12 januari 1959 | 18 juni 1959 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Munenori Akagi 赤城宗徳 (1904–1993) | 18 juni 1959 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Masumi Ezaki 江﨑真澄 (1915–1996) | 19 juli 1960 | 8 december 1960 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda I |
| | | Naomi Nishimura 西村直己 (1905–1980) | 8 december 1960 | 18 juli 1961 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Izumisuke Fujieda 藤枝泉介 (1907–1971) | 18 juli 1961 | 18 juli 1962 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Kenjiro Shiga 志賀健次郎 (1903–1994) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1963 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Atsuyasu Fukuda 福田篤泰 (1906–1993) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Atsuyasu Fukuda 福田篤泰 (1906–1993) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| | | Junya Koizumi 小泉純也 (1904–1969) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| | | Junya Koizumi 小泉純也 (1904–1969) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Raizo Matsuno 松野頼三 (1917–2006) | 3 juni 1965 | 1 augustus 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Kanbay- ashiyama Eikichi 上林山栄吉 (1904–1971) | 1 augustus 1966 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Masuda Kaneshichi 増田甲子七 (1898–1985) | 3 december 1966 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Masuda Kaneshichi 増田甲子七 (1898–1985) | 3 december 1966 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Kiichi Arita 有田喜一 (1901–1986) | 30 november 1968 | 14 januari 1970 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曾根康弘 (1918–2019) | 14 januari 1970 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| | | Keikichi Masuhara 中曾根康弘 (1903–1985) | 5 juli 1971 | 1 augustus 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| | | Naomi Nishimura 西村直己 (1905–1980) | 1 augustus 1971 | 3 december 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| | | Masumi Ezaki 江﨑真澄 (1915–1996) | 3 december 1971 | 7 juli 1972 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| | | Keikichi Masuhara 中曾根康弘 (1903–1985) | 7 juli 1972 | 30 mei 1973 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka I |
| | | Keikichi Masuhara 中曾根康弘 (1903–1985) | 7 juli 1972 | 30 mei 1973 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| | | Sadanori Yamanaka 山中貞則 (1921–2004) | 30 mei 1973 | 11 november 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| | | Sosuke Uno 宇野宗佑 (1922–1998) | 11 november 1974 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| | | Michio Watanabe 坂田道太 (1916–2004) | 9 december 1974 | 24 december 1976 | LDP | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| | | Asao Mihara 三原朝雄 (1909–2001) | 24 december 1976 | 28 november 1977 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| | | Shin Kanemaru 金丸信 (1914–1996) | 28 november 1977 | 7 december 1978 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| | | Mototoshi Yamashita 山下元利 (1921–1994) | 7 december 1978 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira I |
| | | Enji Kubota 久保田円次 (1903–1998) | 10 november 1979 | 4 februari 1980 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| | | Yoshizo Hosoda 細田吉蔵 (1912–2007) | 4 februari 1980 | 17 juli 1980 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| | | Joji Ohmura 大村襄治 (1919–1997) | 17 juli 1980 | 30 november 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| | | Soichiro Ito 伊藤宗一郎 (1924–2001) | 30 november 1981 | 27 november 1982 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| | | Kazuho Tanikawa 谷川和穂 (1930–2018) | 27 november 1982 | 27 december 1983 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone I |
| | | Yuki Kurihara 栗原祐幸 (1920–2010) | 27 december 1983 | 1 november 1984 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| | | Koichi Kato 加藤紘一 (1939–2016) | 1 november 1984 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| | | Yuki Kurihara 栗原祐幸 (1920–2010) | 22 juli 1986 | 6 november 1987 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone III |
| | | Riki Kawara 瓦力 (1937–2013) | 6 november 1987 | 24 augustus 1988 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| | | Yoshiro Tazawa 田沢吉郎 (1918–2001) | 24 augustus 1988 | 3 juni 1989 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| | | Taku Yamazaki 山崎拓 (1936) | 3 juni 1989 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Sosuke Uno (1989) | Uno |
| | | Juro Matsumoto 松本十郎 (1918–2011) | 10 augustus 1989 | 28 februari 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu I |
| | | Yozo Ishikawa 石川要三 (1925–2014) | 28 februari 1990 | 30 december 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| | | Yukihiko Ikeda 池田行彦 (1937–2004) | 30 december 1990 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| | | Sohei Miyashita 宮下創平 (1927–2013) | 5 november 1991 | 12 december 1992 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| | | Toshio Nakayama 中山利生 (1925–2004) | 12 december 1992 | 9 augustus 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| | | Keisuke Nakanishi 中西啓介 (1941–2002) | 9 augustus 1993 | 3 december 1993 | JRP | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| | | Kazuo Aichi 愛知和男 (1937–2024) | 3 december 1993 | 28 april 1994 | JRP | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| | | Atsushi Kanda 神田厚 (1941–2008) | 28 april 1994 | 30 juni 1994 | DSP | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| | | Masahiko Komura 高村正彦 (1942) | 30 juni 1994 | 8 augustus 1995 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| | | Seishiro Eto 衛藤征士郎 (1941) | 8 augustus 1995 | 11 januari 1996 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| | | Hideo Usui 臼井日出男 (1939) | 11 januari 1996 | 6 november 1996 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto I |
| | | Fumio Kyuma 久間 章生 (1940) | 6 november 1996 | 30 juli 1998 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| | | Fukushiro Nukaga 額賀福志郎 (1944) | 30 juli 1998 | 20 november 1998 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| | | Hosei Norota 野呂田芳成 (1929–2019) | 20 november 1998 | 5 oktober 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| | | Riki Kawara 瓦力 (1937–2013) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| | | Riki Kawara 瓦力 (1937–2013) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori I |
| | | Kazuo Torashima 虎島和夫 (1928–2005) | 5 juli 2000 | 5 december 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| | | Toshitsugu Saito 斉藤斗志二 (1944) | 5 december 2000 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| | | Gen Nakatani 中谷元 (1957) | 26 april 2001 | 30 september 2002 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| | | Shigeru Ishiba 石破茂 (1957) | 30 september 2002 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| | | Shigeru Ishiba 石破茂 (1957) | 30 september 2002 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| | | Yoshinori Ohno 大野功統 (1935) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| | | Yoshinori Ohno 大野功統 (1935) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| | | Fukushiro Nukaga 額賀福志郎 (1944) | 31 oktober 2005 | 26 september 2006 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| | | Fumio Kyuma 久間章生 (1940) | 26 september 2006 | 10 januari 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Minister van Defensie 防衛大臣 | Minister van Defensie 防衛大臣 | Minister van Defensie 防衛大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| | | Fumio Kyuma 久間章生 (1940) | 10 januari 2007 | 3 juli 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| | | Yuriko Koike 小池百合子 (1952) | 3 juli 2007 | 27 augustus 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| | | Masahiko Komura 高村正彦 (1942) | 27 augustus 2007 | 26 september 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| | | Shigeru Ishiba 石破茂 (1957) | 26 september 2007 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| | | Yoshimasa Hayashi 林芳正 (1961) | 1 augustus 2008 | 24 september 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| | | Yasukazu Hamada 浜田靖一 (1955) | 24 september 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Taro Aso (2008–2009) | Aso |
| | | Toshimi Kitazawa 北澤俊美 (1938) | 16 september 2009 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010) | Y. Hatoyama |
| | | Toshimi Kitazawa 北澤俊美 (1938) | 16 september 2009 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| | | Yasuo Ichikawa 一川保夫 (1942) | 1 september 2011 | 12 januari 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Naoki Tanaka 田中直紀 (1940) | 12 januari 2012 | 4 juni 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Satoshi Morimoto 森本敏 (1941) | 4 juni 2012 | 26 december 2012 | O | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Itsunori Onodera 小野寺五典 (1960) | 26 december 2012 | 3 september 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| | | Akinori Eto 小池百合子 (1950) | 3 september 2014 | 24 december 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| | | Gen Nakatani 中谷元 (1957) | 24 december 2014 | 3 augustus 2016 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Tomomi Inada 稲田朋美 (1959) | 3 augustus 2016 | 27 juli 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 (1957) | 27 juli 2017 | 3 augustus 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Itsunori Onodera 小野寺 五典 (1960) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Itsunori Onodera 小野寺 五典 (1960) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Takeshi Iwaya 岩屋 毅 (1957) | 1 oktober 2018 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Taro Kono 河野 太郎 (1963) | 11 september 2019 | 16 september 2020 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Nobuo Kishi 岸 信夫 (1959) | 16 september 2020 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) | Suga |
| | | Nobuo Kishi 岸 信夫 (1959) | 16 september 2020 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida I |
| | | Nobuo Kishi 岸 信夫 (1959) | 16 september 2020 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida II |
| | | Yasukazu Hamada 浜田 靖一 (1955) | 10 augustus 2022 | 13 september 2023 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida II |
| | | Minoru Kihara 木原 稔 (1969) | 13 september 2023 | 1 oktober 2024 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida II |
| | | Gen Nakatani 中谷 元 (1957) | 1 oktober 2024 | heden | LDP | Shigeru Ishiba (2024–heden) | Ishiba |
* 1 2 Waarnemend als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
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