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

| Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken 外務大臣 | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(en) |
| Shigeru Yoshida 吉田茂 (1878–1967) | 15 oktober 1948 | 30 april 1952 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida II |
| Shigeru Yoshida 吉田茂 (1878–1967) | 15 oktober 1948 | 30 april 1952 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Katsuo Okazaki 岡崎勝男 (1897–1965) | 30 april 1952 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida III |
| Katsuo Okazaki 岡崎勝男 (1897–1965) | 30 april 1952 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida IV |
| Katsuo Okazaki 岡崎勝男 (1897–1965) | 30 april 1952 | 10 december 1954 | DLP | Shigeru Yoshida (1948–1954) | Yoshida V |
| Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 (1887–1957) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | JDP (1954–55) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama I |
| Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 (1887–1957) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | JDP (1954–55) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama II |
| Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 (1887–1957) | 10 december 1954 | 23 december 1956 | LDP (1955–56) | Ichiro Hatoyama (1954–1956) | I. Hatoyama III |
| Nobusuke Kishi 岸信介 (1896–1987) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Tanzan Ishibashi (1956–1957) | Ishibashi |
| Nobusuke Kishi 岸信介 (1896–1987) | 23 december 1956 | 10 juli 1957 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Aiichiro Fujiyama 藤山愛一郎 (1897–1985) | 10 juli 1957 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi I |
| Aiichiro Fujiyama 藤山愛一郎 (1897–1985) | 10 juli 1957 | 19 juli 1960 | LDP | Nobusuke Kishi (1957–1960) | Kishi II |
| Zentaro Kosaka 小坂善太郎 (1912–2000) | 19 juli 1960 | 18 juli 1962 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda I |
| Zentaro Kosaka 小坂善太郎 (1912–2000) | 19 juli 1960 | 18 juli 1962 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Masayoshi Ohira 大平正芳 (1910–1980) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda II |
| Masayoshi Ohira 大平正芳 (1910–1980) | 18 juli 1962 | 18 juli 1964 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Etsuzaburo Shiina 椎名悦三郎 (1898–1979) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Hayato Ikeda (1960–1964) | Ikeda III |
| Etsuzaburo Shiina 椎名悦三郎 (1898–1979) | 18 juli 1964 | 3 december 1966 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Takeo Miki 三木武夫 (1907–1988) | 3 december 1966 | 28 oktober 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato I |
| Takeo Miki 三木武夫 (1907–1988) | 3 december 1966 | 28 oktober 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Eisaku Sato 佐藤榮作 (1901–1975) | 28 oktober 1968 | 30 november 1968 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 30 november 1968 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato II |
| Kiichi Aichi 愛知揆一 (1907–1973) | 30 november 1968 | 5 juli 1971 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Takeo Fukuda 福田赳夫 (1905–1995) | 5 juli 1971 | 7 juli 1972 | LDP | Eisaku Sato (1964–1972) | Sato III |
| Masayoshi Ohira 大平正芳 (1910–1980) | 7 juli 1972 | 16 juli 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka I |
| Masayoshi Ohira 大平正芳 (1910–1980) | 7 juli 1972 | 16 juli 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Toshio Kimura 木村俊夫 (1909–1983) | 16 juli 1974 | 9 december 1974 | LDP | Kakuei Tanaka (1974–1974) | K. Tanaka II |
| Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤喜一 (1919–2007) | 9 december 1974 | 15 september 1976 | LDP | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| Zentaro Kosaka 小坂善太郎 (1912–2000) | 15 september 1976 | 24 december 1976 | LDP | Takeo Miki (1974–1976) | Miki |
| Iichiro Hatoyama 鳩山威一郎 (1918–1993) | 24 december 1976 | 28 november 1977 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Sunao Sonoda 園田直 (1913–1984) | 28 november 1977 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Takeo Fukuda (1976–1978) | T. Fukuda |
| Sunao Sonoda 園田直 (1913–1984) | 28 november 1977 | 10 november 1979 | LDP | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira I |
| Saburo Okita 大来佐武郎 (1914–1993) | 10 november 1979 | 17 juli 1980 | O | Masayoshi Ohira (1978–1980) | Ohira II |
| Masayoshi Ito 伊東正義 (1913–1994) | 17 juli 1980 | 18 mei 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Sunao Sonoda 園田直 (1913–1984) | 18 mei 1981 | 30 november 1981 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Yoshio Sakurauchi 櫻内義雄 (1912–2003) | 30 november 1981 | 27 november 1982 | LDP | Zenko Suzuki (1980–1980) | Suzuki |
| Shintaro Abe 安倍晋太郎 (1924–1991) | 27 november 1982 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone I |
| Shintaro Abe 安倍晋太郎 (1924–1991) | 27 november 1982 | 22 juli 1986 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone II |
| Tadashi Kuranari 倉成正 (1918–1996) | 22 juli 1986 | 6 november 1987 | LDP | Yasuhiro Nakasone (1983–1987) | Nakasone III |
| Sosuke Uno 宇野宗佑 (1922–1998) | 6 november 1987 | 3 juni 1989 | LDP | Noboru Takeshita (1987–1989) | Takeshita |
| Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 三塚博 (1927–2007) | 3 juni 1989 | 10 augustus 1989 | LDP | Sosuke Uno (1989) | Uno |
| Taro Nakayama 中山太郎 (1924) | 10 augustus 1989 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu I |
| Taro Nakayama 中山太郎 (1924) | 10 augustus 1989 | 5 november 1991 | LDP | Toshiki Kaifu (1989–1991) | Kaifu II |
| Michio Watanabe 渡辺美智雄 (1923–1995) | 5 november 1991 | 7 april 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Kabun Muto 武藤嘉文 (1926–2009) | 7 april 1993 | 9 augustus 1993 | LDP | Kiichi Miyazawa (1991–1993) | Miyazawa |
| Tsutomu Hata 羽田孜 (1935–2017) | 9 augustus 1993 | 28 april 1994 | JRP | Morihiro Hosokawa (1993–1994) | Hosokawa |
| Koji Kakizawa 柿澤弘治 (1933–2009) | 28 april 1994 | 30 juni 1994 | LP | Tsutomu Hata (1994) | Hata |
| Yohei Kono 河野洋平 (1937) | 30 juni 1994 | 11 januari 1996 | LDP | Tomiichi Murayama (1994–1996) | Murayama |
| Yukihiko Ikeda 池田行彦 (1937–2004) | 11 januari 1996 | 11 september 1997 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto I |
| Yukihiko Ikeda 池田行彦 (1937–2004) | 11 januari 1996 | 11 september 1997 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Keizo Obuchi 小渕恵三 (1937–2000) | 11 september 1997 | 30 juli 1998 | LDP | Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996–1998) | Hashimoto II |
| Masahiko Komura 高村正彦 (1942) | 30 juli 1998 | 5 oktober 1999 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Yohei Kono 河野洋平 (1937) | 5 oktober 1999 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Keizo Obuchi (1998–2000) | Obuchi |
| Yohei Kono 河野洋平 (1937) | 5 oktober 1999 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori I |
| Yohei Kono 河野洋平 (1937) | 5 oktober 1999 | 26 april 2001 | LDP | Yoshiro Mori (2000–2001) | Mori II |
| Makiko Tanaka 田中眞紀子 (1944) | 26 april 2001 | 30 januari 2002 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Junichiro Koizumi 小泉純一郎 (1942) | 30 januari 2002 | 1 februari 2002 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi 川口順子 (1941) | 1 februari 2002 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi I |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi 川口順子 (1941) | 1 februari 2002 | 27 september 2004 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| Nobutaka Machimura 町村信孝 (1944–2015) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi II |
| Nobutaka Machimura 町村信孝 (1944–2015) | 27 september 2004 | 31 oktober 2005 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Taro Aso 麻生太郎 (1940) | 31 oktober 2005 | 27 augustus 2007 | LDP | Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006) | Koizumi III |
| Taro Aso 麻生太郎 (1940) | 31 oktober 2005 | 27 augustus 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Nobutaka Machimura 町村信孝 (1944–2015) | 27 augustus 2007 | 26 september 2007 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2006–2007) | Abe I |
| Masahiko Komura 高村正彦 (1942) | 26 september 2007 | 24 september 2008 | LDP | Yasuo Fukuda (2007–2008) | Y. Fukuda |
| Hirofumi Nakasone 中曽根弘文 (1945) | 24 september 2008 | 16 september 2009 | LDP | Taro Aso (2008–2009) | Aso |
| Katsuya Okada 岡田克也 (1953) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Yukio Hatoyama (2009–2010) | Y. Hatoyama |
| Katsuya Okada 岡田克也 (1953) | 16 september 2009 | 17 september 2010 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Seiji Maehara 前原誠司 (1962) | 17 september 2010 | 8 maart 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Yukio Edano 枝野幸男 (1964) | 8 maart 2011 | 11 maart 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Takeaki Matsumoto 松本剛明 (1959) | 11 maart 2011 | 1 september 2011 | DP | Naoto Kan (2010–2011) | Kan |
| Koichiro Genba 玄葉光一郎 (1964) | 1 september 2011 | 26 december 2012 | DP | Yoshihiko Noda (2011–2012) | Noda |
| Fumio Kishida 岸田文雄 (1957) | 26 december 2012 | 3 augustus 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe II |
| Fumio Kishida 岸田文雄 (1957) | 26 december 2012 | 3 augustus 2017 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Taro Kono 河野太郎 (1963) | 3 augustus 2017 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe III |
| Taro Kono 河野太郎 (1963) | 3 augustus 2017 | 11 september 2019 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Toshimitsu Motegi 茂木敏充 (1955) | 11 september 2019 | 4 november 2021 | LDP | Shinzo Abe (2012–2020) | Abe IV |
| Toshimitsu Motegi 茂木敏充 (1955) | 11 september 2019 | 4 november 2021 | LDP | Yoshihide Suga (2020–2021) | Suga |
| Toshimitsu Motegi 茂木敏充 (1955) | 11 september 2019 | 4 november 2021 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida I |
| Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 (1957) | 4 november 2021 | 10 november 2021 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida I |
| Yoshimasa Hayashi 林 芳正 (1961) | 10 november 2021 | 13 september 2023 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida II |
| Yoko Kamikawa 上川 陽子 (1953) | 13 september 2023 | 1 oktober 2024 | LDP | Fumio Kishida (2021–2024) | Kishida II |
| Takeshi Iwaya 岩屋 毅 (1957) | 1 oktober 2024 | heden | LDP | Shigeru Ishiba (2024–heden) | Ishiba I |
| Takeshi Iwaya 岩屋 毅 (1957) | 1 oktober 2024 | heden | LDP | Shigeru Ishiba (2024–heden) | Ishiba II |
* ↑ Premier
* 1 2 3 Vicepremier
* ↑ Premier vanaf 25 februari 1957
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
* 1 2 Afgetreden
* 1 2 3 Waarnemend als premier
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Financiën
* ↑ Vicepremier tot 1 oktober 1995
* ↑ Uit functie ontheven
* ↑ Waarnemend als secretaris-generaal van het kabinet