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{{Short description|Position of the cabinet of Japan}}
{{Infobox official post
| post                     = Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 
| body                     = 
| native_name              = 
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| flagcaption              = 
| insignia        = Goshichi no kiri.svg
| insigniasize    = 80px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Government of Japan
| image                    = [[File:Hiromasa Nakano 20241206.jpg|200px]]
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| alt                      = 
| incumbent                = [[Hiromasa Nakano]]
| incumbentsince           = November 11, 2024
| type                     = 
| status                   = 
| department               = [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]
| style                    = His Excellency
| member_of                = [[Cabinet of Japan]]<br>[[National Security Council (Japan)|National Security Council]]
| reports_to               = [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
| residence                = 
| seat                     = 
| nominator                = [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
| appointer                = [[Emperor of Japan]]
| appointer_qualified      = <small>attested to by the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]</small>
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| termlength_qualified     = 
| constituting_instrument  = 
| precursor                = Minister of Transport<br>Minister of Construction<br>Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency<br>Director-General of the National Land Agency
| formation                = {{start date and age|2001|1|6}}
| First                    =
| last                     = 
| abolished                = 
| succession               = 
| abbreviation             = 
| unofficial_names         = 
| deputy                   = State Minister of Land and Transportation 
| salary                   = ¥20,916,000
| website                  = 
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism'''|国土交通大臣|Kokudo-Koutsu Daijin}} is a member of the [[Cabinet of Japan]] and is the leader and chief executive of the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]. The minister is also a statutory member of the [[National Security Council (Japan)|National Security Council]], and is nominated by the [[Prime Minister of Japan]] and is appointed by the [[Emperor of Japan]].

The current minister is [[Hiromasa Nakano]], who took office on November 11, 2024.

==List of ministers of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (2001–)==
{{legend2|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>
{{legend2|{{party color|New Conservative Party (Japan)}}|[[New Conservative Party (Japan)|New Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>
{{legend2|{{party color|Komeito}}|[[Komeito|New Komeito/Komeito]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}|[[Democratic Party of Japan|Democratic/Minshutō]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>
{{legend2|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|[[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Rikken-minshutō]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br>
{{legend2|gold|[[Democratic Party for the People|Kokumin-minshutō]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=4|Minister
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:180px;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Prime Minister
|-
!#
!colspan=2|Portrait
! style="width:180px;"|Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
|-
|rowspan=2|1
!style="background-color: {{party color|New Conservative Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:扇 千景.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Chikage Oogi]]
|rowspan=2|January 6, 2001
|rowspan=2|September 22, 2003
|rowspan=2|{{age in days|2001|1|6|2003|9|22}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[Yoshirō Mori]]
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Junichiro Koizumi]]
|-
|2
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[File:Nobuteru Ishihara 2003.jpg|100px]]
|[[Nobuteru Ishihara]]
|September 22, 2003
|September 27, 2004
|{{age in days|2003|9|22|2004|9|27}}
|-
|3
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
|[[File:Kazuo Kitagawa 2004.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kazuo Kitagawa]]
|September 27, 2004
|September 26, 2006
|{{age in days|2004|9|27|2006|9|26}}
|-
|rowspan=2|4
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Tetsuzō Fuyushiba.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tetsuzo Fuyushiba]]
|rowspan=2|September 26, 2006
|rowspan=2|August 2, 2008
|rowspan=2|{{age in days|2006|9|26|2008|8|2}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[Shinzō Abe]]
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Yasuo Fukuda]]
|-
|5
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[File:Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-2.jpg|100px]]
|[[Sadakazu Tanigaki]]
|August 2, 2008
|September 24, 2008
|{{age in days|2008|8|2|2008|9|24}}
|-
|6
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[File:Nariaki Nakayama Monbukagakudaijin.jpg|100px]]
|[[Nariaki Nakayama]]
|September 24, 2008
|September 28, 2008
|{{age in days|2008|9|24|2008|9|29}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Tarō Asō]]
|-
|7
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[File:Kaneko-Kazuyoshi 2003.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kazuyoshi Kaneko]]
|September 29, 2008
|September 16, 2009
|{{age in days|2008|9|29|2009|9|16}}
|-
|rowspan=2|8
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Seiji Maehara (Naoto Kan Cabinet).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seiji Maehara]]
|rowspan=2|September 16, 2009
|rowspan=2|September 17, 2010
|rowspan=2|{{age in days|2009|9|16|2010|9|17}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" |
|[[Yukio Hatoyama]]
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Naoto Kan]]
|-
|9
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" |
|[[File:Mabuchi Sumio.jpg|100px]]
|[[Sumio Mabuchi]]
|September 17, 2010
|January 14, 2011
|{{age in days|2010|9|17|2011|1|14}}
|-
|10
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" |
|[[File:Akihiro Ohata Kantei.jpg|100px]]
|[[Akihiro Ohata]]
|January 14, 2011
|September 2, 2011
|{{age in days|2011|1|14|2011|9|2}}
|-
|11
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" |
|[[File:Takeshi Maeda Nodanaikaku.jpg|100px]]
|[[Takeshi Maeda (politician)|Takeshi Maeda]]
|September 2, 2011
|June 4, 2012
|{{age in days|2011|9|2|2012|6|4}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Yoshihiko Noda]]
|-
|12
!style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}" |
|[[File:Yūichirō Hata.jpg|100px]]
|[[Yuichiro Hata]]
|June 4, 2012
|December 26, 2012
|{{age in days|2012|6|4|2012|12|26}}
|-
|13
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
|[[File:Akihiro Ōta 20121227.jpg|100px]]
|[[Akihiro Ota]]
|December 26, 2012
|October 7, 2015
|{{age in days|2012|12|26|2015|10|7}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Shinzō Abe]]
|-
|14
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
|[[File:Keiichi Ishii 200311.jpg|100px]]
|[[Keiichi Ishii]]
|October 7, 2015
|September 11, 2019
|{{age in days|2015|10|7|2019|9|11}}
|-
|15
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" |
|[[File:Kazuyoshi Akaba 20120521.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kazuyoshi Akaba]]
|September 11, 2019
|October 4, 2021
|{{age in days|2019|9|11|2021|10|4}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" |
|[[Yoshihide Suga]]
|-
|rowspan=2|16
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[File:Tetsuo Saito 20211004.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tetsuo Saitō]]
|rowspan=2|October 4, 2021
|rowspan=2|November 11, 2024
|rowspan=2|{{age in days|2021|10|4|2024|11|11}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}"|
|[[Fumio Kishida]]
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Shigeru Ishiba]]
|-
|17
!style="background-color: {{party color|Komeito}}"|
|[[File:Hiromasa Nakano 20241206.jpg|100px]]
|[[Hiromasa Nakano]]
|November 11, 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{age in days|2024|11|11}}
|}

==External links==
*[https://www.cao.go.jp/en/minister/index.html Official site]

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