Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan
No. | Prime Minister | Took office | Left Office | Political party |
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38 | Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1961)![]() |
1940 | 1941 | Taisei Yokusankai |
39 | Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887-1990)![]() |
1941 | 1943 | Independent |
40 | Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1961)![]() |
1943 | 1944 | Taisei Yokusankai |
41 | Kichisaburo Nomura (1877-1947)![]() |
1944 | 1947
(killed) |
Taisei Yokusankai |
42 | Okinori Kaya (1889-1977)![]() |
1947 | 1953 | Taisei Yokusankai |
43 | Takeo Miki (1907-1988)![]() |
1953 | 1957 | Taisei Yokusankai |
44 | Naoki Hoshino (1892-1978)![]() |
1957 | 1958 | Taisei Yokusankai |
45 | Inejiro Asanuma (1898-1961)![]() |
1958 | 1961
(killed during the coup attempt) |
Taisei Yokusankai |
46 | Akira Muto (1892-1961)![]() |
1961 | 1961 | Independent |
47 | Nobusuke Kishi (1896-1987)![]() |
1961 | 1973 | Taisei Yokusankai |
48 | Ryoichi Sasakawa (1899-1995)![]() |
1973 | 1976 | Taisei Yokusankai |
49 | Takeo Fukuda (1905-1995)![]() |
1976 | 1978 | Taisei Yokusankai |
50 | Kakuei Tanaka (1918-1993)![]() |
1978 | 1980 | Taisei Yokusankai |
51 | Takeo Fukuda (1905-1995)![]() |
1980 | 1981 | Taisei Yokusankai |
52 | Ichiro Ozawa (born 1942)![]() |
1981 | 1983 | Taisei Yokusankai |
53 | Masashi Ishibashi (1924-2019)![]() |
1983 | 1986 | Taisei Yokusankai |
54 | Rytaro Hashimoto (1937-2006)![]() |
1986 | 1987 | Taisei Yokusankai |
55 | Shintaro Abe (1924-1991) |
1987 | 1988
(resigned) |
Taisei Yokusankai |
56 | Yoshiro Mori (born 1937)![]() |
1988 | 1990 | Taisei Yokusankai |
57 | Morihiro Hosokawa (born 1938)![]() |
1990 | 1996 | Kokumin Shinto |
58 | Yohei Kono (born 1937)![]() |
1996 | 1998 | Kokumin Shinto |
59 | Taro Aso (born 1940)![]() |
1998 | 2002 | Taisei Yokusankai |
60 | Junichiro Koizumi (born 1942)![]() |
2002 | 2007 | Taisei Yokusankai |
61 | Yuriko Koike (born 1952)![]() |
2007 | 2010 | Taisei Yokusankai |
62 | Nobuo Kishi (born 1959)![]() |
2010 | 2013 | Taisei Yokusankai |
63 | Yuriko Koike (born 1952)![]() |
2013 | 2019 | Taisei Yokusankai |
64 | Shinjiro Koizumi (born 1981)![]() |
2019 | - | Taisei Yokusankai |