Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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

The current minister is Yohei Matsumoto, who took office on 21 October 2025.

 List of ministers of education, culture, sports, science and technology (2001–) 

MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1100pxNobutaka MachimuraJanuary 6, 2001April 26, 2001Yoshiro Mori2100pxAtsuko TōyamaApril 26, 2001September 22, 2003Junichiro Koizumi3100pxTakeo KawamuraSeptember 22, 2003September 27, 20044100pxNariaki NakayamaSeptember 27, 2004October 31, 20055100pxKenji KosakaOctober 31, 2005September 26, 20066100pxBunmei IbukiSeptember 26, 2006September 26, 2007Shinzo Abe7100pxKisaburo TokaiSeptember 26, 2007August 2, 2008Yasuo Fukuda8100pxTsuneo SuzukiAugust 2, 2008September 24, 20089100pxRyū ShionoyaSeptember 24, 2008September 16, 2009Taro Aso10100pxTatsuo KawabataSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan11100pxYoshiaki TakakiSeptember 17, 2010September 2, 201112100pxMasaharu NakagawaSeptember 2, 2011January 13, 2012Yoshihiko Noda13100pxHirofumi HiranoJanuary 13, 2012October 1, 201214100pxMakiko TanakaOctober 1, 2012December 26, 201215100pxHakubun ShimomuraDecember 26, 2012October 7, 2015Shinzo Abe16100pxHiroshi HaseOctober 7, 2015August 3, 201617100pxHirokazu MatsunoAugust 3, 2016August 3, 201718100pxYoshimasa HayashiAugust 3, 2017October 2, 201819100pxMasahiko ShibayamaOctober 2, 2018September 11, 201920100pxKōichi HagiudaSeptember 11, 2019October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga21100pxShinsuke SuematsuOctober 4, 2021August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida22100pxKeiko NagaokaAugust 10, 2022September 13, 202323100pxMasahito MoriyamaSeptember 13, 2023October 1, 202424100pxToshiko AbeOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru Ishiba25100pxYohei MatsumotoOctober 21, 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi

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