List of female cabinet ministers of Japan

The current Cabinet of Japan, Ishiba Cabinet has 18 male officers including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and 2 female officers, Toshiko Abe and Junko Mihara.

  denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

Minister Position Year
Appointed
Administration
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Yuriko Koike Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 2004 Koizumi II
Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 2006 Koizumi III
Sanae Takaichi Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 2014 Abe II, III and IV
Seiko Noda Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 2017 Abe III and IV
Minister of Justice
Ritsuko Nagao Minister of Justice 1996 Hashimoto I
Mayumi Moriyama Minister of Justice 2001 Koizumi I
Chieko Nono Minister of Justice 2004 Koizumi II
Keiko Chiba Minister of Justice 2009 Hatoyama and Kan
Midori Matsushima Minister of Justice 2014 Abe II
Yōko Kamikawa Minister of Justice 2014, 2017, 2020 S. Abe II, III, IV and Suga
Masako Mori Minister of Justice 2019 Abe IV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Makiko Tanaka Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001 Koizumi I
Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of Foreign Affairs 2002 Koizumi II
Yōko Kamikawa Minister of Foreign Affairs 2023 Kishida II (R2)
Minister of Finance
None
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Tsuruyo Kondo Minister of State for Science and Technology 1962
Akiko Santo Minister of State for Science and Technology 1990
Mayumi Moriyama Minister of Education, Science, Sport and Culture 1992
Ryōko Akamatsu Minister of Education 1993
Makiko Tanaka Minister of State for Science and Technology 1994
Seiko Noda Minister of Post and Telecommunication 1996
Atsuko Toyama Minister of State for Science and Technology 2001
Seiko Noda Minister of State for Science and Technology 2008
Makiko Tanaka Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2012
Keiko Nagaoka Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding
2022 Kishida II (R1)
Toshiko Abe
(Incumbent)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2024 Ishiba
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Masa Nakayama Minister of Health and Social Welfare 1960 Ikeda I
Yoko Komiyama Minister of Health and Social Welfare 2011 Noda
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
None
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Yuko Obuchi Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2014 Shinzo Abe
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Chikage Ogi Minister of Construction 2000
Chikage Ogi Minister of State for the National Land 2000
Chikage Ogi Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 2000
Minister of Environment
Shige Ishimoto Minister of State for Environment 1984
Michiko Ishii Minister of State for Environment 1988
Mayumi Moriyama Minister of State for Environment 1989
Wakako Hironaka Minister of State for Environment 1993
Toshiko Hamayotsu Minister of State for Environment 1994
Kayoko Shimizu Minister of State for Environment 1999
Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of State for Environment 2000
Yoriko Kawaguchi Minister of Environment 2001
Yuriko Koike Minister of Environment 2003
Tamayo Marukawa Minister of Environment 2015 Shinzo Abe
Minister of Defense
Yuriko Koike Minister of Defense 2007
Tomomi Inada Minister of Defense 2016
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Mayumi Moriyama Chief Cabinet Secretary 1989 Toshiki Kaifu
Minister for Reconstruction
Shinako Tsuchiya Minister of Reconstruction
Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
2023 Kishida II (R2)
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Tomiko Okazaki Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2010
Eriko Yamatani Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2014 S. Abe II (R) and III
Minister of State
Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Food Safety 2006
Seiko Noda Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety 2008
Mizuho Fukushima Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety 2009
Sumiko Takahara Minister of State for Economic Planning 1989
Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Innovation 2006
Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2006
Hiroko Ota Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 2006
Renho Murata Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2010
Renho Murata Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2012
Tomomi Inada Minister of State of Administrative Reform 2012
Chieko Nono Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate 2004
Sanae Takaichi Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs 2006
Yoko Kamikawa Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs 2007
Masako Mori Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate 2012
Yuko Obuchi Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality 2008
Mizuho Fukushima Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality 2009
Masako Mori Minister of State for Gender Equality 2012
Haruko Arimura Minister of State for Gender Equality 2014
Tamayo Marukawa Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games 2016, 2021 S. Abe III (R2) and Suga
Seiko Hashimoto Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister of State for Gender Equality
2020 Suga
Tamayo Marukawa Minister of State for Gender Equality 2021 Suga
Noriko Horiuchi Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Minister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations
2021 Kishida I, II
Karen Makishima Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
2021 Kishida I, II
Seiko Noda Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children
Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
2021 Kishida I, II
Ayuko Kato Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
2023 Kishida II (R2)
Sanae Takaichi Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
2022 Kishida II (R1) (R2)
Hanako Jimi Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision
Minister for the World Expo 2025
2023 Kishida II (R2)
Junko Mihara
(Incumbent)
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Youth's Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation
2024 Ishiba

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