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

| Minister van Justitie 法務大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| Shigeru Yoshida 吉田茂 (1878–1967) | 19 oktober 1948 | 7 november 1948 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida II |
| Shunkichi Ikeda 殖田俊吉 (1890–1960) | 7 november 1948 | | O | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida II |
| Shunkichi Ikeda 殖田俊吉 (1890–1960) | 7 november 1948 | | O | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Takeo Ohashi 大橋武夫 (1904–1981) | 28 juni 1950 | 25 december 1951 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Tokutaro Kimura 木村篤太郎 (1886–1981) | 25 december 1951 | 30 oktober 1952 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Takeru Inukai 犬養健 (1896–1960) | 30 oktober 1952 | 22 april 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida IV |
| Takeru Inukai 犬養健 (1896–1960) | 30 oktober 1952 | 22 april 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Ryogoro Kato 加藤鐐五郎 (1883–1970) | 22 april 1954 | 20 juni 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Naoshi Ohara 小原直 (1877–1967) | 20 juni 1954 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Shiro Hanamura 花村四郎 (1891–1963) | 10 december 1954 | 22 november 1955 | JDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama I |
| Shiro Hanamura 花村四郎 (1891–1963) | 10 december 1954 | 22 november 1955 | JDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama II |
| Ryozo Makino 牧野良三 (1885–1961) | 22 november 1955 | 23 december 1956 | LDP | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama III |
| Umekichi Nakamura 中村梅吉 (1901–1984) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| Umekichi Nakamura 中村梅吉 (1901–1984) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Toshiki Karasawa 唐沢俊樹 (1891–1967) | 10 juli 1957 | 12 juni 1958 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 12 juni 1958 | 18 juni 1959 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| Hiroya Ino 井野碩哉 (1891–1980) | 18 juni 1959 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| Tetsuzo Kojima 小島徹三 (1899–1988) | 19 juli 1960 | 8 december 1960 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda I |
| Koshiro Ueki 植木庚子郎 (1900–1980) | 8 december 1960 | 18 juli 1962 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Kunio Nakagaki 中垣國男 (1911–1987) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1963 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Konobu Kaya 賀屋興宣 (1889–1977) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Konobu Kaya 賀屋興宣 (1889–1977) | 18 juli 1963 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Hitoshi Takahashi 高橋等 (1903–1965) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Hitoshi Takahashi 高橋等 (1903–1965) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 juni 1965 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Mitsujiro Ishii 石井光次郎 (1889–1981) | 3 juni 1965 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Isanji Tanaka 田中伊三次 (1906–1987) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Isanji Tanaka 田中伊三次 (1906–1987) | 3 december 1966 | 25 november 1967 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Bunzo Akama 赤間文三 (1899–1973) | 25 november 1967 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Kichinosuke Saigo 西郷吉之助 (1906–1997) | 30 november 1968 | 14 januari 1970 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Takeharu Kobayashi 小林武治 (1899–1988) | 14 januari 1970 | 8 februari 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Daisuke Akita 秋田大助 (1906–1988) | 8 februari 1971 | 17 februari 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Koshiro Ueki 植木庚子郎 (1900–1980) | 17 februari 1971 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Shigesaburo Maeo 前尾繁三郎 (1905–1981) | 5 juli 1971 | 7 juli 1972 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Yuuichi Kori 郡祐一 (1902–1983) | 7 juli 1972 | 22 december 1972 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka I |
| Tanaka Isanji 田中伊三次 (1906–1987) | 22 december 1972 | 25 november 1973 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Umekichi Nakamura 中村梅吉 (1901–1984) | 25 november 1973 | 11 november 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Seigo Hamano 浜野清吾 (1898–1990) | 11 november 1974 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Osamu Inaba 稲葉修 (1909–1992) | 9 december 1974 | 24 december 1976 | LDP | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| Hajime Fukuda 福田一 (1902–1997) | 24 december 1976 | 5 oktober 1977 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Mitsuo Setoyama 瀬戸山三男 (1904–1997) | 5 oktober 1977 | 7 december 1978 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Kimi Furui 古井喜実 (1903–1995) | 7 december 1978 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira I |
| Tadao Kuraishi 倉石忠雄 (1900–1986) | 10 november 1979 | 17 juli 1980 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| Seisuke Okuno 奥野誠亮 (1913–2016) | 17 juli 1980 | 30 november 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Michio Watanabe 坂田道太 (1916–2004) | 30 november 1981 | 27 november 1982 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Hatano Akira 秦野章 (1911–2002) | 27 november 1982 | 27 december 1983 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone I |
| Eisaku Sumi 住栄作 (1920–1986) | 27 december 1983 | 1 november 1984 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Hitoshi Shimazaki 嶋崎均 (1923–1997) | 1 november 1984 | 28 december 1985 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Shogo Suzuki 鈴木省吾 (1911–1999) | 28 december 1985 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Kaname Endo 遠藤要 (1915–2010) | 22 juli 1986 | 6 november 1987 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1982–1987) | Nakasone III |
| Yukio Hayashida 林田悠紀夫 (1915–2007) | 6 november 1987 | 28 december 1988 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Shun Hasegawa 長谷川峻 (1912–1992) | 28 december 1988 | 30 december 1988 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Masami Takatsuji 高辻正己 (1910–1997) | 30 december 1988 | 3 juni 1989 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Kazuho Tanikawa 谷川和穂 (1930–2018) | 3 juni 1989 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Sosuke Uno (1989) | Uno |
| Masao Goto 後藤正夫 (1913–2000) | 10 augustus 1989 | 28 februari 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu I |
| Makoto Hasegawa 長谷川信 (1918–1990) | 28 februari 1990 | 13 september 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Seiroku Kajiyama 梶山静六 (1926–2000) | 13 september 1990 | 30 december 1990 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Sato Megumi 左藤恵 (1924–2021) | 30 december 1990 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Takashi Tahara 田原隆 (1925–2012) | 5 november 1991 | 12 december 1992 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Masaharu Gotoda 後藤田正晴 (1914–2005) | 12 december 1992 | 9 augustus 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Akira Mikazuki 三ヶ月章 (1921–2010) | 9 augustus 1993 | 28 april 1994 | O | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| Shigeto Nagano 永野茂門 (1922–2010) | 28 april 1994 | 8 mei 1994 | JRP | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| Hiroshi Nakai 中井洽 (1942–2017) | 8 mei 1994 | 30 juni 1994 | DSP | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| Isao Maeda 前田勲男 (1943–2016) | 30 juni 1994 | 8 augustus 1995 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| Tomoharu Tazawa 田沢智治 (1932–2006) | 8 augustus 1995 | 10 oktober 1995 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| Hiroshi Miyazawa 宮澤弘 (1921–2012) | 10 oktober 1995 | 11 januari 1996 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| Ritsuko Nagao 長尾立子 (1933) | 11 januari 1996 | 6 november 1996 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto I |
| Isao Matsuura 松浦功 (1923–2002) | 6 november 1996 | 11 september 1997 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Kokichi Shimoinaba 小渕恵三 (1926–2014) | 11 september 1997 | 30 juli 1998 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Shozaburo Nakamura 中村正三郎 (1934–2023) | 30 juli 1998 | 8 maart 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Takao Jinnouchi 陣内孝雄 (1933) | 8 maart 1999 | 5 oktober 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Hideo Usui 臼井日出男 (1939) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Hideo Usui 臼井日出男 (1939) | 5 oktober 1999 | 5 juli 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori I |
| Okiharu Yasuoka 保岡興治 (1939–2019) | 5 juli 2000 | 5 december 2000 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Masahiko Kōmura 高村正彦 (1942) | 5 december 2000 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Mayumi Moriyama 森山眞弓 (1927–2021) | 26 april 2001 | 22 september 2003 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Daizo Nozawa 野沢太三 (1933) | 22 september 2003 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Daizo Nozawa 野沢太三 (1933) | 22 september 2003 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| Chieko Nono 南野知恵子 (1935) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| Chieko Nono 南野知恵子 (1935) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Seiken Sugiura 杉浦正健 (1934) | 31 oktober 2005 | 26 september 2006 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Jinen Nagase 長勢甚遠 (1943) | 26 september 2006 | 27 augustus 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Kunio Hatoyama 鳩山邦夫 (1948–2016) | 27 augustus 2007 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Kunio Hatoyama 鳩山邦夫 (1948–2016) | 27 augustus 2007 | 1 augustus 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| Okiharu Yasuoka 保岡興治 (1939–2019) | 1 augustus 2008 | 24 september 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| Eisuke Mori 森英介 (1948) | 24 september 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Taro Aso (2008–2009) | Aso |
| Keiko Chiba 千葉景子 (1948) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010) | Y. Hatoyama |
| Keiko Chiba 千葉景子 (1948) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Minoru Yanagida 柳田稔 (1954) | 17 september 2010 | 22 november 2010 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Yoshito Sengoku 仙谷由人 (1946–2018) | 22 november 2010 | 15 januari 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Satsuki Eda 江田五月 (1941–2021) | 15 januari 2011 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Hideo Hiraoka 平岡秀夫 (1954) | 1 september 2011 | 12 januari 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Toshio Ogawa 小川敏夫 (1948) | 12 januari 2012 | 4 juni 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Makoto Taki 滝実 (1938) | 4 juni 2012 | 1 oktober 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Keishu Tanaka 田中慶秋 (1938–2022) | 1 oktober 2012 | 24 oktober 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Tadamasa Kodaira 小平忠正 (1942) | 24 oktober 2012 | 26 oktober 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Makoto Taki 滝実 (1938) | 26 oktober 2012 | 26 december 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Sadakazu Tanigaki 谷垣禎一 (1945) | 26 december 2012 | 3 september 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Midori Matsushima 松島みどり (1956) | 3 september 2014 | 20 oktober 2014 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川陽子 (1953) | 20 oktober 2014 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川陽子 (1953) | 20 oktober 2014 | 7 oktober 2015 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Mitsuhide Iwaki 岩城光英 (1949) | 7 oktober 2015 | 3 augustus 2016 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Katsutoshi Kaneda 金田勝年 (1949) | 3 augustus 2016 | 3 augustus 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川陽子 (1953) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川陽子 (1953) | 3 augustus 2017 | 1 oktober 2018 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Takashi Yamashita 山下貴司 (1965) | 1 oktober 2018 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Katsuyuki Kawai 河井克行 (1963) | 11 september 2019 | 31 oktober 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Masako Mori 森まさこ (1964) | 31 oktober 2019 | 16 september 2020 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川陽子 (1953) | 16 september 2020 | 4 oktober 2021 | LDP | Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) | Suga |
| Yoshihisa Furukawa 古川禎久 (1965) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida I |
| Yoshihisa Furukawa 古川禎久 (1965) | 4 oktober 2021 | 10 augustus 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| Yasuhiro Hanashi 葉梨康弘 (1959) | 10 augustus 2022 | 10 november 2022 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| Ken Saito 齋藤健 (1959) | 10 november 2022 | 13 september 2023 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
| Ryuji Koizumi 小泉龍司 (1952) | 13 september 2023 | heden | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–heden) | Kishida II |
* ↑ Waarnemend als premier
* 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Afgetreden
* ↑ Waarnemend als minister zonder portefeuille
* ↑ Waarnemend als minister van Binnenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Vicepremier vanaf 7 april 1993
* ↑ Waarnemend als secretaris-generaal
* ↑ Waarnemend als voorzitter van de Commissie voor Openbare Orde en Veiligheid