Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

The  is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

The current minister is Norikazu Suzuki, who took office on 21 October 2025.

 List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries 





+MinisterTerm of officePrime minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1frameless|133x133pxIchiro NakagawaJuly 5, 1978December 7, 1978Takeo Fukuda2frameless|140x140pxMichio WatanabeDecember 7, 1978November 9, 1979Masayoshi Ōhira3frameless|142x142pxKabun MutōNovember 9, 1979July 17, 19804Takao Kameoka July 17, 1980November 30, 1981Zenkō Suzuki5frameless|142x142pxKichirō Tazawa November 30, 1981November 27, 19826 frameless|142x142pxIwazo Kaneko November 27, 1982December 27, 1983Yasuhiro Nakasone7frameless|142x142pxShinjiro Yamamura December 27, 1983November 1, 19848 Moriyoshi Sato November 1, 1984December 28, 19859frameless|142x142pxTsutomu Hata December 28, 1985July 22, 198610Mutsuki Kato July 22, 1986November 6, 198711Takashi Sato November 6, 1987December 27, 1988Noboru Takeshita12(9)frameless|142x142pxTsutomu Hata December 27, 1988June 3, 198913frameless|142x142pxHisao Horinouchi June 3, 1989August 10, 1989Sōsuke Uno14frameless|142x142pxMichihiko Kano August 10, 1989February 28, 1990Toshiki Kaifu15Tomio Yamamoto February 28, 1990December 29, 199016Motoji Kondō December 29, 1990November 5, 199117Masami Tanabu November 5, 1991August 4, 1993Kiichi Miyazawa18frameless|142x142pxKiichi Miyazawa August 4, 1993August 9, 199319Eijiro Hata August 9, 1993April 28, 1994Morihiro Hosokawaー(9) frameless|142x142pxTsutomu Hata(Acting) April 28, 1994April 28, 1994Tsutomu Hata20(10)Mutsuki Kato April 28, 1994June 30, 199421Taichiro Ōkawara June 30, 1994August 8, 1995Tomiichi Murayama22 frameless|142x142pxHosei Norota August 8, 1995January 11, 199623Ichizo Ōhara January 11, 1996November 7, 1996Ryutaro Hashimoto 24 frameless|142x142pxTakao Fujimoto November 7, 1996September 11, 199725 Ihei Ochi September 11, 1997September 26, 199726 frameless|142x142pxYoshinobu Shimamura September 26, 1997July 30, 199827  frameless|142x142pxShōichi Nakagawa July 30, 1998October 5, 1999Keizō Obuchi  28  frameless|142x142pxTokuichiro Tamazawa October 5, 1999 July 4, 2000Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori 29  frameless|142x142pxYoichi Tani July 4, 2000December 5, 200030   142x142pxYoshio Yatsu December 5, 2000April 26, 200131  142x142pxTsutomu Takebe April 26, 2001September 30, 2002Junichiro Koizumi 32  142x142pxTadamori Ōshima September 30, 2002April 1, 200333  142x142pxYoshiyuki Kamei April 1, 2003September 27, 200434(26)  142x142pxYoshinobu Shimamura September 27, 2004August 8, 200535frameless|142x142pxJunichiro Koizumi August 8, 2005August 11, 200536  142x142pxMineichi Iwanaga August 11, 2005October 31, 200537(27)  frameless|142x142pxShōichi Nakagawa October 31, 2005September 26, 200638  frameless|142x142pxToshikatsu Matsuoka September 26, 2006May 28, 2007Shinzo Abe ー frameless|142x142pxMasatoshi Wakabayashi(Acting) May 28, 2007June 1, 200739  frameless|142x142pxNorihiko Akagi June 1, 2007 August 1, 200740  frameless|142x142pxMasatoshi Wakabayashi August 1, 2007 August 27, 200741  frameless|142x142pxTakehiko Endo August 27, 2007 September 3, 2007ー frameless|142x142pxAkira Amari(Acting) September 3, 2007September 4, 2007 42 (40)  frameless|142x142pxMasatoshi Wakabayashi September 4, 2007 August 2, 2008Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda 43  frameless|142x142pxSeiichi Ōta August 2, 2008 September 19, 2008ー frameless|142x142pxNobutaka Machimura(Acting) September 19, 2008September 26, 200844  frameless|142x142pxShigeru Ishiba September 26, 2008 September 16, 2009Tarō Asō 45  frameless|142x142pxHirotaka Akamatsu September 16, 2009 June 8, 2010Yukio Hatoyama 46  frameless|142x142pxMasahiko Yamada June 8, 2010 September 17, 2010Naoto Kan  47(14)  frameless|142x142pxMichihiko Kano  September 17, 2010 June 4, 2012Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda 48  frameless|142x142pxAkira Gunji June 4, 2012 December 16, 201249  frameless|142x142pxYoshimasa Hayashi December 16, 2012 September 3, 2014Shinzo Abe 50  frameless|142x142pxKoya Nishikawa September 3, 2014 February 23, 201551  frameless|142x142pxYoshimasa Hayashi February 23, 2015 October 7, 201552  frameless|142x142pxHiroshi Moriyama October 7, 2015 August 3, 201653  frameless|142x142pxYūji Yamamoto August 3, 2016 August 3, 201754  frameless|142x142pxKen Saitō August 3, 2017 October 2, 201855  frameless|142x142pxTakamori Yoshikawa October 2, 2018 September 11, 201956  frameless|142x142pxTaku Etō September 11, 2019 September 16, 202057  frameless|142x142pxKōtarō Nogami September 16, 2020 October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga 58  frameless|142x142pxGenjirō Kaneko October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida 59  frameless|142x142pxTetsuro Nomura August 10, 2022 September 13, 202360  frameless|142x142pxIchiro Miyashita September 13, 2023 December 14, 202361  frameless|142x142pxTetsushi Sakamoto December 14, 2023 October 1, 202462frameless|142x142pxYasuhiro OzatoOctober 1, 2024November 11, 2024Shigeru Ishiba 63(56)frameless|142x142pxTaku EtōNovember 11, 2024May 21, 202564frameless|136x136pxShinjirō KoizumiMay 21, 2025October 21, 202565  frameless|142x142pxNorikazu Suzuki October 21, 2025 IncumbentSanae Takaichi 

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