Portrait
Prime ministerOffice (Lifespan)
Term of office
Mandate
Party
Government
Emperor Reign
Ref
Start
End
Duration
Count Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 (1841–1909)
22 December 1885
30 April 1888
2 years, 131 days
—
Independent (Meiji oligarchy )
1. Itō I
Meiji
[ 3]
Count Kuroda Kiyotaka 黒田 清隆 (1840–1900)
30 April 1888
25 October 1889
1 year, 179 days
—
Military (Army )
2. Kuroda
[ 4]
Prince Sanjō Sanetomi 三條 實美 (1837–1891) Acting Prime Minister
25 October 1889
24 December 1889
61 days
—
Independent
Sanjō caretaker
Count Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 (1838–1922)
24 December 1889
6 May 1891
1 year, 134 days
—
Military (Army )
3. Yamagata I
[ 5]
1890
Count Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 (1835–1924)
6 May 1891
8 August 1892
1 year, 95 days
—
Independent (Meiji oligarchy )
4. Matsukata I
[ 6]
1892
Marquess Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 (1841–1909)
8 August 1892
31 August 1896
4 years, 24 days
—
Independent (Meiji oligarchy )
5. Itō II
[ 7]
Mar. 1894
Sep. 1894
During this interval, Privy Council chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka was the acting prime minister.
Count Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 (1835–1924)
18 September 1896
12 January 1898
1 year, 117 days
—
Independent (Meiji oligarchy )
6. Matsukata II
[ 8]
Marquess Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 (1841–1909)
12 January 1898
30 June 1898
170 days
—
Independent (Meiji oligarchy )
7. Itō III
[ 9]
Mar. 1898
Count Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 (1838–1922)
30 June 1898
8 November 1898
132 days
—
Kenseitō
8. Ōkuma I
[ 10]
Aug. 1898
Count Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 (1838–1922)
8 November 1898
19 October 1900
1 year, 346 days
—
Military (Army )
9. Yamagata II
[ 11]
Marquess Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 (1841–1909)
19 October 1900
10 May 1901
204 days
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
10. Itō IV
[ 12]
During this interval, Privy Council president Saionji Kinmochi was the acting prime minister.
Count Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 (1848–1913)
2 June 1901
7 January 1906
4 years, 220 days
—
Military (Army )
11. Katsura I
[ 13]
1902
1903
1904
Marquess Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 (1849–1940)
7 January 1906
14 July 1908
2 years, 190 days
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
12. Saionji I
[ 14]
1908
Prince Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 (1848–1913)
14 July 1908
30 August 1911
3 years, 48 days
—
Military (Army )
13. Katsura II
[ 15]
Marquess Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 (1849–1940)
30 August 1911
21 December 1912
1 year, 114 days
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
14. Saionji II
[ 16]
1912
Taishō
Prince Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 (1848–1913)
21 December 1912
20 February 1913
62 days
—
Independent
15. Katsura III
[ 17]
Count Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 (1852–1933)
20 February 1913
16 April 1914
1 year, 56 days
—
Military (Navy )
16. Yamamoto I
[ 18]
Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 (1838–1922)
16 April 1914
9 October 1916
2 years, 177 days
—
Rikken Dōshikai
17. Ōkuma II
[ 19]
1915
Count Terauchi Masatake 寺内 正毅 (1852–1919)
9 October 1916
29 September 1918
1 year, 356 days
—
Military (Army )
18. Terauchi
[ 20]
1917
Hara Takashi 原 敬 Rep for Morioka (1856–1921)
29 September 1918
4 November 1921
3 years, 37 days [†]
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
19. Hara
[ 21]
1920
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kōsai was the acting prime minister.
Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo 高橋 是清 (1854–1936 )
13 November 1921
12 June 1922
212 days
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
20. Takahashi
[ 22]
Baron Katō Tomosaburō 加藤 友三郎 (1861–1923)
12 June 1922
24 August 1923
1 year, 74 days [†]
—
Military (Navy )
21. Katō To.
[ 23]
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kōsai was the acting prime minister.
Count Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 (1852–1933)
2 September 1923
7 January 1924
128 days
—
Military (Navy )
22. Yamamoto II
[ 24]
Viscount Kiyoura Keigo 清浦 奎吾 (1850–1942)
7 January 1924
11 June 1924
157 days
—
Independent
23. Kiyoura
[ 25]
Viscount Katō Takaaki 加藤 高明 (1860–1926)
11 June 1924
28 January 1926
1 year, 232 days [†]
1924
Kenseikai
24. Katō Ta.
[ 26]
During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō was the acting prime minister.
Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 (1866–1949)
30 January 1926
20 April 1927
1 year, 81 days
—
Kenseikai
25. Wakatsuki I
[ 27]
Shōwa
Baron Tanaka Giichi 田中 義一 (1864–1929)
20 April 1927
2 July 1929
2 years, 74 days
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
26. Tanaka G.
[ 28]
1928
Hamaguchi Osachi 濱口 雄幸 Rep for Kochi 2nd (1870–1931)
2 July 1929
14 April 1931
1 year, 287 days
—
Rikken Minseitō
27. Hamaguchi
[ 29]
1930
During this interval, Foreign Minister Kijūrō Shidehara was the acting prime minister.
Baron Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 (1866–1949)
14 April 1931
13 December 1931
244 days
—
Rikken Minseitō
28. Wakatsuki II
[ 30]
Inukai Tsuyoshi 犬養 毅 Rep for Okayama 2nd (1855–1932 )
13 December 1931
15 May 1932
155 days [†]
—
Rikken Seiyūkai
29. Inukai
[ 31]
1932
During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo was the acting prime minister.
Viscount Saitō Makoto 齋藤 實 (1858–1936 )
26 May 1932
8 July 1934
2 years, 44 days
—
Military (Navy )
30. Saitō
[ 32]
Keisuke Okada 岡田 啓介 (1868–1952)
8 July 1934
9 March 1936
1 year, 246 days
—
Military (Navy )
31. Okada
[ 33]
1936
During this interval, Interior Minister Fumio Gotō was the acting prime minister.
Kōki Hirota 廣田 弘毅 (1878–1948)
9 March 1936
2 February 1937
331 days
—
Independent
32. Hirota
[ 34]
Senjūrō Hayashi 林 銑十郞 (1876–1943)
2 February 1937
4 June 1937
123 days
—
Military (Army )
33. Hayashi
[ 35]
1937
Prince Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 (1891–1945)
4 June 1937
5 January 1939
1 year, 216 days
—
Independent
34. Konoe I
[ 36]
Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma 平沼 騏一郞 (1867–1952)
5 January 1939
30 August 1939
238 days
—
Independent
35. Hiranuma
[ 37]
Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 (1875–1953)
30 August 1939
16 January 1940
140 days
—
Military (Army )
36. N. Abe
[ 38]
Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 (1880–1948)
16 January 1940
22 July 1940
189 days
—
Military (Navy )
37. Yonai
[ 39]
Prince Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 (1891–1945)
22 July 1940
18 October 1941
1 year, 89 days
—
Independent
38. Konoe II
[ 40]
Taisei Yokusankai
39. Konoe III
[ 41]
Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 (1884–1948)
18 October 1941
22 July 1944
2 years, 279 days
—
Taisei Yokusankai
40. Tōjō
[ 42]
1942
Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 (1880–1950)
22 July 1944
7 April 1945
260 days
—
Taisei Yokusankai
41. Koiso
[ 43]
Baron Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郞 (1868–1948)
7 April 1945
17 August 1945
133 days
—
Taisei Yokusankai
42. K. Suzuki
[ 44]
Independent
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 東久邇宮稔彦王 (1887–1990)
17 August 1945
9 October 1945
54 days
—
Imperial Family
43. Higashikuni
[ 45]
Baron Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郞 (1872–1951)
9 October 1945
22 May 1946
226 days
—
Independent
44. Shidehara
[ 46]
Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 (1878–1967)
22 May 1946
24 May 1947
1 year, 3 days
1946
Liberal
45. Yoshida I
[ 47]
Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Rep for Kanagawa 3rd (1887–1978)
24 May 1947
10 March 1948
292 days
1947
Socialist
46. Katayama
[ 48]
Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Rep for Kyōto 2nd (1887–1959)
10 March 1948
15 October 1948
220 days
—
Democratic
47. Ashida
[ 49]
Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Rep for Kōchi at-large (1878–1967)
15 October 1948
10 December 1954
6 years, 57 days
—
Democratic Liberal
48. Yoshida II
[ 50]
1949
49. Yoshida III
[ 51]
Liberal
1952
50. Yoshida IV
[ 52]
1953
51. Yoshida V
[ 53]
Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Rep for Tokyo 1st (1883–1959)
10 December 1954
23 December 1956
2 years, 14 days
—
Japan Democratic
52. Hatoyama I. I
[ 54]
1955
53. Hatoyama I. II
[ 55]
—
Liberal Democratic
54. Hatoyama I. III
[ 56]
Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 Rep for Shizuoka 2nd (1884–1973)
23 December 1956
25 February 1957
65 days
—
Liberal Democratic
55. Ishibashi
[ 57]
Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd (1896–1987)
25 February 1957
19 July 1960
3 years, 146 days
—
Liberal Democratic
56. Kishi I
[ 58]
1958
57. Kishi II
[ 59]
Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Rep for Hiroshima 2nd (1899–1965)
19 July 1960
9 November 1964
4 years, 114 days
—
Liberal Democratic
58. Ikeda I
[ 60]
1960
59. Ikeda II
[ 61]
1963
60. Ikeda III
[ 62]
Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd (1901–1975)
9 November 1964
7 July 1972
7 years, 242 days
—
Liberal Democratic
61. Satō I
[ 63]
1967
62. Satō II
[ 64]
1969
63. Satō III
[ 65]
Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Rep for Niigata 3rd (1918–1993)
7 July 1972
9 December 1974
2 years, 156 days
—
Liberal Democratic
64. Tanaka K. I
[ 66]
1972
65. Tanaka K. II
[ 67]
Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Rep for Tokushima at-large (1907–1988)
9 December 1974
24 December 1976
2 years, 16 days
—
Liberal Democratic
66. Miki
[ 68]
Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Rep for Gunma 3rd (1905–1995)
24 December 1976
7 December 1978
1 year, 349 days
1976
Liberal Democratic
67. Fukuda T.
[ 69]
Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 Rep for Kagawa 2nd (1910–1980)
7 December 1978
12 June 1980
1 year, 189 days [†]
—
Liberal Democratic
68. Ōhira I
[ 70]
1979
69. Ōhira II
[ 71]
During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito was the acting prime minister.
Zenkō Suzuki 鈴木 善幸 Rep for Iwate 1st (1911–2004)
17 July 1980
27 November 1982
2 years, 134 days
1980
Liberal Democratic
70. Suzuki Z.
[ 72]
Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根 康弘 Rep for Gunma 3rd (1918–2019)
27 November 1982
6 November 1987
4 years, 345 days
—
Liberal Democratic
71. Nakasone I
[ 73]
1983
72. Nakasone II
[ 74]
1986
73. Nakasone III
[ 75]
Noboru Takeshita 竹下 登 Rep for Shimane at-large (1924–2000)
6 November 1987
3 June 1989
1 year, 210 days
—
Liberal Democratic
74. Takeshita
[ 76]
Akihito (Heisei)
Sōsuke Uno 宇野 宗佑 Rep for Shiga at-large (1922–1998)
3 June 1989
10 August 1989
69 days
—
Liberal Democratic
75. Uno
[ 77]
Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 Rep for Aichi 3rd (1931–2022)
10 August 1989
5 November 1991
2 years, 88 days
—
Liberal Democratic
76. Kaifu I
[ 78]
1990
77. Kaifu II
[ 79]
Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Rep for Hiroshima 3rd (1919–2007)
5 November 1991
9 August 1993
1 year, 278 days
—
Liberal Democratic
78. Miyazawa
[ 80]
Morihiro Hosokawa 細川 護熙 Rep for Kumamoto 1st (born 1938)
9 August 1993
28 April 1994
263 days
1993
New
79. Hosokawa
[ 81]
Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Rep for Nagano 2nd (1935–2017)
28 April 1994
30 June 1994
64 days
—
Renewal
80. Hata
[ 82]
Tomiichi Murayama 村山 富市 Rep for Ōita 1st (born 1924)
30 June 1994
11 January 1996
1 year, 196 days
—
Socialist
81. Murayama
[ 83]
Ryūtarō Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Rep for Okayama 4th (1937–2006)
11 January 1996
30 July 1998
2 years, 201 days
—
Liberal Democratic
82. Hashimoto I
[ 84]
1996
83. Hashimoto II
[ 85]
Keizō Obuchi 小渕 恵三 Rep for Gunma 5th (1937–2000)
30 July 1998
5 April 2000
1 year, 251 days
—
Liberal Democratic
84. Obuchi
[ 86]
Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 Rep for Ishikawa 2nd (born 1937)
5 April 2000
26 April 2001
1 year, 22 days
—
Liberal Democratic
85. Mori I
[ 87]
2000
86. Mori II
[ 88]
Junichiro Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Rep for Kanagawa 11th (born 1942)
26 April 2001
26 September 2006
5 years, 154 days
—
Liberal Democratic
87. Koizumi I
[ 89]
2003
88. Koizumi II
[ 90]
2005
89. Koizumi III
[ 91]
Shinzo Abe 安倍 晋三 Rep for Yamaguchi 4th (1954–2022 )
26 September 2006
26 September 2007
1 year, 1 day
—
Liberal Democratic
90. Abe S. I
[ 92]
Yasuo Fukuda 福田 康夫 Rep for Gunma 4th (born 1936)
26 September 2007
24 September 2008
365 days
—
Liberal Democratic
91. Fukuda Y.
[ 93]
Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 Rep for Fukuoka 8th (born 1940)
24 September 2008
16 September 2009
358 days
—
Liberal Democratic
92. Asō
[ 94]
Yukio Hatoyama 鳩山 由紀夫 Rep for Hokkaido 9th (born 1947)
16 September 2009
8 June 2010
266 days
2009
Democratic
93. Hatoyama Y.
[ 95]
Naoto Kan 菅 直人 Rep for Tokyo 18th (born 1946)
8 June 2010
2 September 2011
1 year, 87 days
—
Democratic
94. Kan
[ 96]
Yoshihiko Noda 野田 佳彦 Rep for Chiba 4th (born 1957)
2 September 2011
26 December 2012
1 year, 116 days
—
Democratic
95. Noda
[ 97]
Shinzo Abe 安倍 晋三 Rep for Yamaguchi 4th (1954–2022 )
26 December 2012
16 September 2020
7 years, 266 days
2012
Liberal Democratic
96. Abe S. II
[ 98]
2014
97. Abe S. III
[ 99]
2017
98. Abe S. IV
[ 100]
Naruhito (Reiwa)
Yoshihide Suga 菅 義偉 Rep for Kanagawa 2nd (born 1948)
16 September 2020
4 October 2021
1 year, 19 days
—
Liberal Democratic
99. Suga
[ 101]
Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 Rep for Hiroshima 1st (born 1957)
4 October 2021
1 October 2024
2 years, 364 days
—
Liberal Democratic
100. Kishida I
[ 102]
2021
101. Kishida II
[ 103]
Shigeru Ishiba 石破 茂 Rep for Tottori 1st (born 1957)
1 October 2024
Incumbent
39 days
2024
Liberal Democratic
102. Ishiba
[ 104]