Minister of the Environment (Japan)

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

The current minister is Hirotaka Ishihara, who took office on 21 October 2025.

 List of ministers of the environment (2001–) 

MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1100pxYoriko KawaguchiJanuary 6, 2001February 8, 2002Yoshirō MoriJunichiro Koizumi2100pxFebruary 8, 2002September 30, 20023100pxShun'ichi SuzukiSeptember 30, 2002September 22, 20034100pxYuriko KoikeSeptember 22, 2003September 26, 20065100pxMasatoshi WakabayashiSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007Shinzō Abe6100pxIchirō KamoshitaAugust 27, 2007August 2, 2008Yasuo Fukuda7100pxTetsuo SaitoAugust 2, 2008September 16, 2009Taro Aso8100pxSakihito OzawaSeptember 16, 2009September 21, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan9100pxRyu MatsumotoSeptember 21, 2010September 2, 201110100pxSatsuki EdaJune 27, 2011September 2, 201111100pxGoshi HosonoSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012Yoshihiko Noda12100pxHiroyuki NagahamaOctober 1, 2012December 26, 201213100pxNobuteru IshiharaDecember 26, 2012September 3, 2014Shinzō Abe14100pxYoshio MochizukiSeptember 3, 2014October 7, 201515100pxTamayo MarukawaOctober 7, 2015August 3, 201616100pxKoichi YamamotoAugust 3, 2016August 3, 201717100pxMasaharu NakagawaAugust 3, 2017October 2, 201818100pxYoshiaki HaradaOctober 2, 2018September 11, 201919100pxShinjirō KoizumiSeptember 11, 2019October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga20100pxTsuyoshi YamaguchiOctober 4, 2021August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida21100pxAkihiro NishimuraAugust 10, 2022September 13, 202322100pxShintaro ItoSeptember 13, 2023October 1, 202423100pxKeiichiro AsaoOctober 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru Ishiba24100pxHirotaka IshiharaOctober 21, 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi

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