Minister of Finance (Japan)

The  is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance. They are nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

The current minister is Satsuki Katayama, who took office on 21 October 2025.

 List of ministers 
 Prewar (1900–1946)
 #  Name  Took office  Left office 1  Masayoshi Matsukata  1885  1892  Watanabe Kunitake  1892  1895 2  Masakata Matsukata  1895 1895 3  Watanabe Kunitake  1895  1896 4  Masayoshi Matsukata  1896  1898 5  Inoue Kaoru  1898  1898 6  Matsuda Masahisa  1898  1898 7  Masakata Matsukata  1898  1900 8  Watanabe Kunitake  1900  1901 9  Saionji Kinmochi  1901  1901 10  Sone Arasuke  1901  1906 11  Yoshiro Sakatani  1906  1908 12  Matsuda Masahisa  1908  1908   Katsura Tarō  1908  1911   Yamamoto Tatsuo  1911  1912   Wakatsuki Reijirō  (1st)  1912  1913   Takahashi Korekiyo  (1st)  1913  1914   Wakatsuki Reijirō  (2nd)  1914  1915   Taketomi Tokitoshi  1915  1916   Terauchi Masatake  1916  1916   Kazue Shōda  (1st)  1916  1918   Takahashi Korekiyo  (2nd)  1918  1922   Otohiko Ichiki  1922  1923   Junnosuke Inoue  (1st)  1923  1924   Kazue Shōda  (2nd)  1924  1924   Osachi Hamaguchi  1924  1925   Seiji Hayami  1925  1925   Kataoka Naoharu  1925  1927   Takahashi Korekiyo  (3rd)  1927  1927    Chuzo Mitsuchi  1927  1929   Junnosuke Inoue  (2nd)  1929  1931   Takahashi Korekiyo  (4th)  1931  1934   Sadanobu Fujii  1934  1934   Takahashi Korekiyo  (5th)  1934  1936   Machida Chūji  1936  1936   Eiichi Baba  1936  1937   Toyotaro YukiFuji Ginkō. (1967). Banking in modern Japan, p. 125.  1937  1937   Okinori Kaya  (1st)  1937  1938   Shigeaki Ikeda  1938  1939   Sotaro Ishiwata  (1st)  1939  1939   Kazuo Aoki  1939  1940   Yukio Sakurauchi  1940  1940   Isao Kawada  1940  1941   Masatsune Ogura  1941  1941   Okinori Kaya  (2nd)  1941  1944   Sotaro Ishiwata  (2nd)  1944  1945   Juichi Tsushima  1945  1945   Keizō Shibusawa  1945  1946

 Postwar (1946–present)

Finance MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays3260pxTanzan IshibashiMay 22, 1946May 24, 1947 Shigeru Yoshida -60pxTetsu Katayama (Acting)May 24, 1947June 1, 1947 Tetsu Katayama3360pxShōtarō YanoJune 1, 1947June 25, 1947 3460pxTakeo KurusuJune 25, 1947March 10, 1948 3560pxTokutarō KitamuraMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948 Hitoshi Ashida3660pxSanroku IzumiyamaOctober 19, 1948December 14, 1948 Shigeru Yoshida 3760pxShinzō Ōya (Interim)December 14, 1948February 16, 1949 3860pxHayato IkedaFebruary 16, 1949October 30, 1952 3960pxTadaharu MukaiOctober 30, 1952May 21, 1953 4060pxSankurō OgasawaraMay 21, 1953December 10, 1954 4160pxHisato IchimadaDecember 10, 1954November 22, 1955 Ichirō HatoyamaNovember 22, 1955December 23, 1956(38)60pxHayato IkedaDecember 23, 1956July 10, 1957 Tanzan IshibashiNobusuke Kishi(41)60pxHisato IchimadaJuly 10, 1957June 12, 1958 4260pxEisaku SatōJune 12, 1958July 19, 1960 4360pxMikio MizutaJuly 19, 1960July 18, 1962 Hayato Ikeda4460pxKakuei TanakaJuly 18, 1962June 3, 1965 Eisaku Satō4560pxTakeo FukudaJune 3, 1965December 3, 1966 (43)60pxMikio MizutaDecember 3, 1966November 30, 1968 (45)60pxTakeo FukudaNovember 30, 1968July 5, 1971 (43)60pxMikio MizutaJuly 5, 1971July 7, 1972 4660pxKoshiro UekiJuly 7, 1972December 22, 1972 Kakuei Tanaka4760pxKiichi AichiDecember 22, 1972November 23, 1973 (45)60pxTakeo FukudaNovember 25, 1973July 16, 1974 4860pxMasayoshi ŌhiraJuly 16, 1974December 24, 1976 Takeo Miki4960pxHideo BoDecember 24, 1976November 28, 1977 Takeo Fukuda5060pxTatsuo MurayamaNovember 28, 1977December 7, 1978 5160pxIppei KanekoDecember 7, 1978November 9, 1979 Masayoshi Ōhira5260pxNoboru TakeshitaNovember 9, 1979July 17, 1980 5360pxMichio WatanabeJuly 17, 1980November 27, 1982 Zenkō Suzuki(52)60pxNoboru TakeshitaNovember 27, 1982July 22, 1986 Yasuhiro Nakasone5460pxKiichi MiyazawaJuly 22, 1986December 9, 1988 Noboru Takeshita(52)60pxNoboru Takeshita (Acting)December 9, 1988December 27, 1988 (50)60pxTatsuo MurayamaDecember 27, 1988August 10, 1989 Sosuke Uno5560pxRyutaro HashimotoAugust 10, 1989October 14, 1991 Toshiki Kaifu -60pxToshiki Kaifu (Acting)October 14, 1991November 5, 1991 5660pxTsutomu HataNovember 5, 1991December 12, 1992 Kiichi Miyazawa5760pxYoshiro HayashiDecember 12, 1992August 9, 1993 5860pxHirohisa FujiiAugust 9, 1993June 30, 1994 Morihiro HosokawaTsutomu Hata5960pxMasayoshi TakemuraJune 30, 1994January 11, 1996 Tomiichi Murayama6060pxWataru KuboJanuary 11, 1996November 7, 1996 Ryutaro Hashimoto6160pxHiroshi MitsuzukaNovember 7, 1996January 28, 1998 6260pxHikaru MatsunagaJanuary 30, 1998July 30, 1998 (54)60pxKiichi MiyazawaJuly 30, 1998April 26, 2001 Keizo ObuchiYoshirō Mori6360pxMasajuro ShiokawaApril 26, 2001September 22, 2003 Junichiro Koizumi6460pxSadakazu TanigakiSeptember 22, 2003September 26, 2006 6560pxKōji OmiSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007 Shinzō Abe6660pxFukushiro NukagaAugust 27, 2007August 2, 2008 Yasuo Fukuda6760pxBunmei IbukiAugust 2, 2008September 24, 2008 6860pxShōichi NakagawaSeptember 24, 2008February 18, 2009 Tarō Asō6960pxKaoru YosanoFebruary 18, 2009September 16, 2009 (58)60pxHirohisa FujiiSeptember 16, 2009January 6, 2010 Yukio Hatoyama7060pxNaoto KanJanuary 6, 2010June 8, 2010 7160pxYoshihiko NodaJune 8, 2010September 2, 2011 Naoto Kan7260pxJun AzumiSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012 Yoshihiko Noda7360pxKoriki JojimaOctober 1, 2012December 26, 2012  74 60px Tarō Asō December 26, 2012 October 4, 2021  Shinzō Abe Yoshihide Suga7560pxShunichi Suzuki October 4, 2021October 1, 2024 Fumio Kishida7660pxKatsunobu Katō October 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru Ishiba7760pxSatsuki KatayamaOctober 21, 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi

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