Prime Minister Kishida Fumio
Kishida Fumio became Prime Minister during the peak of the Covid pandemic
Between the end of World War Two and 2011, Japan had 34 changes of prime minister compared to 14 in the United Kingdom and 12 presidents in the United States (as of August 2011). The U.S. 4-year presidential term provides a good deal of that stability of course - Japan can see as many as four prime ministers in the same period! No wonder meaningful change is such a rare thing in the Japanese political system.
Japan's longest serving Prime Minister, Abe Shinzo
Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated on July 8th 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in the ancient capital city of Nara. The assassin told investigators that he had shot Abe due to a grudge he held against the Unification Church, with which Abe and his family had ties. This led to a major political and social backlash against the controversial religious organisation.
Postwar Japanese Prime Ministers
|
KISHIDA Fumio SUGA Yoshihide ABE Shinzo NODA Yoshihiko KAN Naoto HATOYAMA Yukio ASO Taro FUKUDA Yasuo ABE Shinzo KOIZUMI Junichiro (profile) MORI Yoshiro OBUCHI Keizo HASHIMOTO Ryutaro MURAYAMA Tomiichi HATA Tsutomu HOSOKAWA Morihiro MIYAZAWA Kiichi KAIFU Toshiki UNO Sosuke TAKESHITA Noboru NAKASONE Yasuhiro SUZUKI Zenko OHIRA Masayoshi FUKUDA Takeo MIKI Takeo TANAKA Kakuei SATO Eisaku IKEDA Hayato KISHI Nobusuke ISHIBASHI Tanzan HATOYAMA Ichiro YOSHIDA Shigeru ASHIDA Hitoshi KATAYAMA Tetsu YOSHIDA Shigeru SHIDEHARA Kijuro HIGASHIKUNI Naruhiko |
October 2021 - September 2020 - October 2021 December 2012 - September 2020 August 2011 - December 2012 June 2010 - August 2011 September 2009 - June 2010 September 2008 - September 2009 September 2007 - September 2008 September 2006 - September 2007 April 2001 - September 2006 April 2000 - April 2001 July 1998 - April 2000 January 1996 - July 1998 June 1994 - January 1996 April 1994 - June 1994 August 1993 - April 1994 November 1991 - August 1993 August 1989 - November 1991 June 1989 - August 1989 November 1987 - June 1989 November 1982 - November 1987 July 1980 - November 1982 December 1978 - July 1980 December 1976 - December 1978 December 1974 - December 1976 July 1972 - December 1974 November 1964 - July 1972 July 1960 - November 1964 February 1957 - July 1960 December 1956 - February 1957 December 1954 - December 1956 October 1948 - December 1954 March 1948 - October 1948 May 1947 - March 1948 May 1946 - May 1947 October 1945 - May 1946 August 1945 - October 1945 |
Prewar Japanese Prime Ministers
|
SUZUKI Kantaro KOISO Kuniaki TOJO Hideki KONOE Fumimaro YONAI Mitsumasa ABE Nobuyuki HIRANUMA Kiichiro KONOE Fumimaro HAYASHI Senjuro HIROTA Koki OKADA Keisuke SAITO Makoto INUKAI Tsuyoshi WAKATSUKI Reijiro HAMAGUCHI Osachi TANAKA Giichi WAKATSUKI Reijiro KATO Takaaki KIYOURA Keigo YAMAMOTO Gonnohyoe KATO Tomosaburo TAKAHASHI Korekiyo HARA Takashi TERAUCHI Masatake OKUMA Shigenobu YAMAMOTO Gonnohyoe KATSURA Taro SAIONJI Kimmochi KATSURA Taro SAIONJI Kimmochi KATSURA Taro ITO Hirobumi YAMAGATA Aritomo OKUMA Shigenobu ITO Hirobumi MATSUKATA Masayoshi ITO Hirobumi MATSUKATA Masayoshi YAMAGATA Aritomo KURODA Kiyotaka ITO Hirobumi |
April 1945 - August 1945 July 1944 - April 1945 October 1941 - July 1944 July 1940 - October 1941 January 1940 - July 1940 August 1939 - January 1940 January 1939 - August 1939 June 1937 - January 1939 February 1937 - June 1937 March 1935 - February 1937 July 1934 - March 1935 May 1932 - July 1934 December 1931 - May 1932 April 1931 - December 1931 July 1929 - April 1931 April 1927 - July 1929 January 1926 - April 1927 June 1924 - January 1926 January 1924 - June 1924 September 1923 - January 1924 June 1922 - September 1923 November 1921 - June 1922 September 1918 - November 1921 October 1916 - September 1918 April 1914 - October 1916 February 1913 - April 1914 December 1912 - February 1913 August 1911 - December 1912 July 1908 - August 1911 January 1906 - July 1908 June 1901 - January 1906 October 1900 - June 1901 November 1898 - October 1900 June 1898 - November 1898 January 1898 - June 1898 September 1896 - January 1898 August 1892 - September 1896 May 1891 - August 1892 December 1889 - May 1891 April 1888 - December 1889 December 1885 - April 1888 |
Related pages: Japan's Government | Japan's Political Parties