| Minister of the Environment | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
| Ministry of the Environment | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer |
Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Director-General of the Environmental Agency |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of the Environment |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The Minister of the Environment (環境大臣, Kankyou Daijin) 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 Shintaro Ito, who took office on 13 September 2023.
List of ministers of the environment (2001–)
Liberal Democratic
New Komeito/Komeito
Democratic
| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 |
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Yoriko Kawaguchi | January 6, 2001 | February 8, 2002 | 398 | Yoshirō Mori | ||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 |
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Hiroshi Ōki | February 8, 2002 | September 30, 2002 | 234 | |||
| 3 |
|
Shun'ichi Suzuki | September 30, 2002 | September 22, 2003 | 357 | |||
| 4 |
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Yuriko Koike | September 22, 2003 | September 26, 2006 | 1100 | |||
| 5 |
|
Masatoshi Wakabayashi | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 6 |
|
Ichirō Kamoshita | August 27, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 341 | |||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| 7 |
|
Tetsuo Saito | August 2, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 410 | |||
| Taro Aso | ||||||||
| 8 |
|
Sakihito Ozawa | September 16, 2009 | September 21, 2010 | 370 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 9 |
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Ryu Matsumoto | September 21, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 346 | |||
| 10 |
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Satsuki Eda | June 27, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | 67 | |||
| 11 |
|
Goshi Hosono | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 12 |
|
Hiroyuki Nagahama | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | |||
| 13 |
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Nobuteru Ishihara | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 14 |
|
Yoshio Mochizuki | September 3, 2014 | October 7, 2015 | 399 | |||
| 15 |
|
Tamayo Marukawa | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 301 | |||
| 16 |
|
Koichi Yamamoto | August 3, 2016 | August 3, 2017 | 365 | |||
| 17 |
|
Masaharu Nakagawa | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | |||
| 18 |
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Yoshiaki Harada | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | |||
| 19 |
|
Shinjirō Koizumi | September 11, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 754 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 20 |
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Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | ||
| 21 |
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Akihiro Nishimura | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | |||
| 22 | Shintaro Ito | September 13, 2023 | Incumbent | 218 | ||||
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