Minister of the Environment (Japan)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox official post The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of the Environment. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

The current minister is Keiichiro Asao, who took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of the environment (2001–)

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Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Yoriko Kawaguchi 2001.jpg	Yoriko Kawaguchi	January 6, 2001	February 8, 2002		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshirō Mori
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=4|						Junichiro Koizumi
2	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Hiroshi Ōki.jpg	Template:Ill	February 8, 2002	September 30, 2002
3	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shunichi Suzuki 2002.jpg	Shun'ichi Suzuki	September 30, 2002	September 22, 2003
4	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yuriko Koike 200409.jpg	Yuriko Koike	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2006
5	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Masatoshi Wakabayashi 200708.jpg	Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007		style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Shinzō Abe
6	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Ichiro Kamoshita 201008 (cropped).jpg	Ichirō Kamoshita	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|						Yasuo Fukuda
7	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Tetsuo Saitō.jpg	Tetsuo Saito	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Taro Aso
8	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	File:Sakihito Ozawa 20090918.jpg	Sakihito Ozawa	September 16, 2009	September 21, 2010		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yukio Hatoyama
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=3|						Naoto Kan
9	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Ryū Matsumoto.jpg	Ryu Matsumoto	September 21, 2010	June 27, 2011
10	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Satsuki Eda MOJ (cropped 2).jpg	Satsuki Eda	June 27, 2011	September 2, 2011
11	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Goshi Hosono (Naoto Kan Cabinet).jpg	Goshi Hosono	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012		style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2|	Yoshihiko Noda
12	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Hiroyuki Nagahama.jpg	Hiroyuki Nagahama	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012
13	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Nobuteru Ishihara 20160209 (cropped).jpg	Nobuteru Ishihara	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014		style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=6|	Shinzō Abe
14	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshio Mochizuki.jpg	Yoshio Mochizuki	September 3, 2014	October 7, 2015
15	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tamayo Murakawa 20210218.jpg	Tamayo Marukawa	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016
16	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Portrait of Koichi Yamamoto 2016.jpg	Koichi Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017
17	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Masaharu Nakagawa 20120722.jpg	Masaharu Nakagawa	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018
18	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Yoshiaki Harada 20190127 (cropped).jpg	Yoshiaki Harada	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019
19	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shinjirō Koizumi 20200718.jpg	Shinjirō Koizumi	September 11, 2019	October 4, 2021		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Yoshihide Suga
20	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 20211004.jpg	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Fumio Kishida
21	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Akihiro Nishimura 20120612.jpg	Akihiro Nishimura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
22	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Shintarō Itō.2023.jpg	Shintaro Ito	September 13, 2023	October 1, 2024		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
23	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	File:Keiichiro Asao 20230224 (cropped).jpg	Keiichiro Asao	October 1, 2024	Incumbent		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shigeru Ishiba

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