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

| Minister van Onderwijs 学大臣 | Minister van Onderwijs 学大臣 | Minister van Onderwijs 学大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| | | Yasumaro Shimojo 下条康麿 (1886–1966) | 19 oktober 1948 | 16 februari 1949 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida II |
| | | Sotaro Takase 高瀬荘太郎 (1892–1965) | 16 februari 1949 | 28 juni 1950 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| | | Teisuke Amano 天野貞祐 (1884–1980) | 28 juni 1950 | 12 augustus 1952 | O | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| | | Sotaro Takase 岡野清豪 (1890–1981) | 12 augustus 1952 | 20 mei 1953 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| | | Sotaro Takase 岡野清豪 (1890–1981) | 12 augustus 1952 | 20 mei 1953 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida IV |
| | | Shigeo Odachi 大達茂雄 (1892–1955) | 20 mei 1953 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| | | Masazumi Ando 安藤正純 (1876–1955) | 10 december 1954 | 20 maart 1955 | JDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama I |
| | | Kenzo Matsumura 松村謙三 (1883–1971) | 20 maart 1955 | 22 november 1955 | JDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama II |
| | | Ichiro Kiyose 清瀬一郎 (1884–1967) | 22 november 1955 | 23 december 1956 | LDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama III |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| | | Matsunaga Azuma 松永東 (1887–1968) | 10 juli 1957 | 12 juni 1958 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 12 juni 1958 | 31 december 1958 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Ryugo Hashimoto 橋本龍伍 (1906–1962) | 31 december 1958 | 18 juni 1959 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Takechiyo Matsuda 松田竹千代 (1888–1980) | 18 juni 1959 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| | | Masuo Araki 荒木万寿夫 (1901–1973) | 19 juli 1960 | 18 juli 1963 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda I |
| | | Masuo Araki 荒木万寿夫 (1901–1973) | 19 juli 1960 | 18 juli 1963 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| | | Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| | | Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Umekichi Nakamura 中村梅吉 (1901–1984) | 3 juni 1965 | 1 augustus 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Kiichi Arita 有田喜一 (1901–1986) | 1 augustus 1966 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Toshihiro Kennoki 剱木亨弘 (1901–1992) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| | | Toshihiro Kennoki 剱木亨弘 (1901–1992) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Hirokichi Nadao 灘尾弘吉 (1899–1994) | 25 november 1967 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Michio Watanabe 坂田道太 (1916–2004) | 30 november 1968 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Michio Watanabe 坂田道太 (1916–2004) | 30 november 1968 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Saburo Takami 高見三郎 (1904–1978) | 5 juli 1971 | 7 juli 1972 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| | | Osamu Inaba 稲葉修 (1909–1992) | 7 juli 1972 | 22 december 1972 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka I |
| | | Seisuke Okuno 奥野誠亮 (1913–2016) | 22 december 1972 | 11 november 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| | | Asao Mihara 三原朝雄 (1909–2001) | 11 november 1974 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| | | Michio Nagai 永井道雄 (1923–2000) | 9 december 1974 | 24 december 1976 | O | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| | | Toshiki Kaifu 海部俊樹 (1931–2022) | 24 december 1976 | 28 november 1977 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| | | Soenada Shigetami 砂田重民 (1917–1990) | 28 november 1977 | 7 december 1978 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| | | Takazaburo Naito 内藤誉三郎 (1912–1986) | 7 december 1978 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira I |
| | | Senichi Tanigaki 谷垣専一 (1912–1983) | 10 november 1979 | 17 juli 1980 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| | | Tatsuo Tanaka 田中龍夫 (1910–1998) | 17 juli 1980 | 30 november 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| | | Heiji Ogawa 小川平二 (1910–1993) | 30 november 1981 | 27 november 1982 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| | | Mitsuo Setoyama 瀬戸山三男 (1904–1997) | 27 november 1982 | 27 december 1983 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone I |
| | | Yoshiro Mori 森喜朗 (1937) | 27 december 1983 | 1 november 1984 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| | | Hikaru Matsunaga 松永光 (1928) | 1 november 1984 | 28 december 1985 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| | | Toshiki Kaifu 海部俊樹 (1931–2022) | 28 december 1985 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| | | Masayuki Fujio 藤尾正行 (1917–2006) | 22 juli 1986 | 9 september 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone III |
| | | Masajuro Shiokawa 塩川正十郎 (1921–2015) | 9 september 1986 | 6 november 1987 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone III |
| | | Gentaro Nakashima 中島源太郎 (1929–1992) | 6 november 1987 | 28 december 1988 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| | | Takeo Nishioka 西岡武夫 (1936–2011) | 28 december 1988 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| | | Takeo Nishioka 西岡武夫 (1936–2011) | 28 december 1988 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Sosuke Uno (1989) | Uno |
| | | Kazuya Ishibashi 石橋一弥 (1922–1999) | 10 augustus 1989 | 28 februari 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu I |
| | | Kousuke Hori 保利耕輔 (1934) | 28 februari 1990 | 30 december 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| | | Yutaka Inoue 井上裕 (1927–2008) | 30 december 1990 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| | | Kunio Hatoyama 鳩山邦夫 (1948–2016) | 5 november 1991 | 12 december 1992 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| | | Mayumi Moriyama 森山眞弓 (1927–2021) | 12 december 1992 | 9 augustus 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| | | Ryoko Akamatsu 赤松良子 (1929–2024) | 9 augustus 1993 | 30 juni 1994 | O | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| | | Ryoko Akamatsu 赤松良子 (1929–2024) | 9 augustus 1993 | 30 juni 1994 | O | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| | | Kaoru Yosano 与謝野馨 (1938–2017) | 30 juni 1994 | 8 augustus 1995 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| | | Yoshinobu Shimamura 島村宜伸 (1934) | 8 augustus 1995 | 11 januari 1996 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| | | Mikio Okuda 奥田幹生 (1928–2018) | 11 januari 1996 | 6 november 1996 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto I |
| | | Takashi Kosugi 小杉隆 (1935) | 6 november 1996 | 11 september 1997 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| | | Nobutaka Machimura 町村信孝 (1944–2015) | 11 september 1997 | 30 juli 1998 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| | | Akito Arima 有馬朗人 (1930–2020) | 30 juli 1998 | 5 oktober 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| | | Hirofumi Nakasone 中曽根弘文 (1945) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| | | Hirofumi Nakasone 中曽根弘文 (1945) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori I |
| | | Tadamori Oshima 大島理森 (1946) | 5 juli 2000 | 5 december 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| | | Nobutaka Machimura 町村信孝 (1944–2015) | 5 december 2000 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur, Sport, Wetenschap en Technologie 文部科学大臣 | Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur, Sport, Wetenschap en Technologie 文部科学大臣 | Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur, Sport, Wetenschap en Technologie 文部科学大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| | | Toyama Atsuko 遠山敦子 (1938) | 26 april 2001 | 22 september 2003 | O | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| | | Takeo Kawamura 河村建夫 (1942) | 22 september 2003 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| | | Takeo Kawamura 河村建夫 (1942) | 22 september 2003 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| | | Nariaki Nakayama 中山成彬 (1943) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| | | Nariaki Nakayama 中山成彬 (1943) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| | | Kenji Kosaka 小坂憲次 (1946–2016) | 31 oktober 2005 | 26 september 2006 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| | | Bunmei Ibuki 伊吹文明 (1938) | 26 september 2006 | 26 september 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| | | Kisaburo Tokai 渡海紀三朗 (1948) | 26 september 2007 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| | | Tsuneo Suzuki 鈴木恒夫 (1941) | 1 augustus 2008 | 24 september 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| | | Ryu Shionoya 塩谷立 (1950) | 24 september 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Taro Aso (2008–2009) | Aso |
| | | Tatsuo Kawabata 川端達夫 (1945) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010) | Y. Hatoyama |
| | | Tatsuo Kawabata 川端達夫 (1945) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| | | Yoshiaki Takaki 高木義明 (1945) | 17 september 2010 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| | | Masaharu Nakagawa 中川正春 (1950) | 1 september 2011 | 12 januari 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Hirofumi Hirano 平野博文 (1949) | 12 januari 2012 | 1 oktober 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Makiko Tanaka 田中眞紀子 (1944) | 1 oktober 2012 | 26 december 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| | | Hakubun Shimomura 下村博文 (1954) | 26 december 2012 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| | | Hakubun Shimomura 下村博文 (1954) | 26 december 2012 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Hiroshi Hase 馳浩 (1961) | 7 oktober 2015 | 3 augustus 2016 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Hirokazu Matsuno 松野博一 (1962) | 3 augustus 2016 | 3 augustus 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Yoshimasa Hayashi 林芳正 (1961) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| | | Yoshimasa Hayashi 林芳正 (1961) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Masahiko Shibayama 柴山昌彦 (1965) | 1 oktober 2018 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Koichi Hagiuda 萩生田光一 (1963) | 11 september 2019 | 4 oktober 2021 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| | | Koichi Hagiuda 萩生田光一 (1963) | 11 september 2019 | 4 oktober 2021 | LDP | Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) | Suga |
| | | Shinsuke Suematsu 末松信介 (1955) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida I |
| | | Shinsuke Suematsu 末松信介 (1955) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| | | Keiko Nagaoka 永岡桂子 (1953) | 10 augustus 2022 | 13 september 2023 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| | | Masahito Moriyama 盛山正仁 (1953) | 13 september 2023 | heden | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
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