Minister of Justice (Japan)

The Minister of Justice (法務大臣, Hōmu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Justice.

Ministers of Justice (2001–)

#	Image	Name	Took office	Left office	Cabinet
21st century
1		Masahiko Kōmura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	Yoshirō Mori
2		Mayumi Moriyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	Junichiro Koizumi
3		Daizō Nozawa	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	Junichiro Koizumi
4		Chieko Nohno	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	Junichiro Koizumi
5		Seiken Sugiura	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	Junichiro Koizumi
6		Jinen Nagase	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	Shinzō Abe
7		Kunio Hatoyama	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda
8		Okiharu Yasuoka	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	Yasuo Fukuda
9		Eisuke Mori	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	Taro Aso
10		Keiko Chiba	September 16, 2009	September 7, 2010	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
11		Minoru Yanagida	September 7, 2010	November 22, 2010	Naoto Kan
12		Yoshito Sengoku	November 22, 2010	January 14, 2011	Naoto Kan
13		Satsuki Eda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	Naoto Kan
14		Hideo Hiraoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
15		Toshio Ogawa	January 13, 2012	June 4, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
16		Makoto Taki	June 4, 2012	October 1, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
17		Keishu Tanaka	October 1, 2012	October 23, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
18		Makoto Taki	October 23, 2012	December 26, 2012	Yoshihiko Noda
19		Sadakazu Tanigaki	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	Shinzo Abe
20		Midori Matsushima	September 3, 2014	October 20, 2014	Shinzo Abe
21		Yōko Kamikawa	October 20, 2014	October 7, 2015	Shinzo Abe
22		Mitsuhide Iwaki	October 7, 2015	Incumbent	Shinzo Abe