Minister of Justice (Japan)

Minister of Justice
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Yōko Kamikawa since 16 September 2020
Ministry of Justice
Style	Her Excellency
Member of	Cabinet of Japan
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Prime Minister of Japan attested to by the Emperor
Formation	August 1, 1952; 69 years ago (1952-08-01)
Deputy	Administrative Vice-Minister of Justice
Salary	¥20,916,000

The Minister of Justice (法務大臣, Houmu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive officer of the Ministry of Justice. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

The current minister is Yōko Kamikawa, who took office on September 16, 2020.

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By law, the Minister of Justice is authorized to order executions of any inmate on death row at anytime, making the position highly influential. The Minister is also authorized to deport or grant any foreigner residential or permanent visas.

Ministers of Justice (2001–)[]

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Justice Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days
1			Masahiko Kōmura	January 6, 2001	April 26, 2001	110		Yoshirō Mori
2			Mayumi Moriyama	April 26, 2001	September 22, 2003	879		Junichiro Koizumi
3			Daizō Nozawa	September 22, 2003	September 27, 2004	371
4			Chieko Nohno	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
5			Seiken Sugiura	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
6			Jinen Nagase	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
7			Kunio Hatoyama	August 27, 2007	August 2, 2008	341
								Yasuo Fukuda
8			Okiharu Yasuoka	August 2, 2008	September 24, 2008	53
9			Eisuke Mori	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	357		Taro Aso
10			Keiko Chiba	September 16, 2009	September 7, 2010	356		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
11			Minoru Yanagida	September 7, 2010	November 22, 2010	76
12			Yoshito Sengoku	November 22, 2010	January 14, 2011	53
13			Satsuki Eda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
14			Hideo Hiraoka	September 2, 2011	January 13, 2012	133		Yoshihiko Noda
15			Toshio Ogawa	January 13, 2012	June 4, 2012	143
16			Makoto Taki	June 4, 2012	October 1, 2012	119
17			Keishu Tanaka	October 1, 2012	October 23, 2012	22
(16)			Makoto Taki	October 23, 2012	December 26, 2012	64
19			Sadakazu Tanigaki	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
20			Midori Matsushima	September 3, 2014	October 20, 2014	47
21			Yōko Kamikawa	October 20, 2014	October 7, 2015	352
22			Mitsuhide Iwaki	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
23			Katsutoshi Kaneda	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
24 (21)			Yōko Kamikawa	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
25			Takashi Yamashita	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
26			Katsuyuki Kawai	September 11, 2019	October 31, 2019	50
27			Masako Mori	October 31, 2019	September 16, 2020	321
28 (21)			Yōko Kamikawa	September 16, 2020	Incumbent	370		Yoshihide Suga

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