The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣, Soumu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
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 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
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| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan National Security Council |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minister for Home Affairs Director-General of the Internal Affairs and Communications Bureau |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Seiichiro Murakami, who took office on October 1, 2024.
List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–)
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| Internal Affairs Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | 
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Toranosuke Katayama | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 989 | Yoshirō Mori | ||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | 
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Taro Aso | September 22, 2003 | October 31, 2005 | 770 | |||
| 3 | 
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Heizō Takenaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | |||
| 4 | 
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Yoshihide Suga | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 5 | 
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Hiroya Masuda | August 27, 2007 | September 24, 2008 | 394 | |||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| 6 | 
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Kunio Hatoyama | September 24, 2008 | June 12, 2009 | 261 | Taro Aso | ||
| 7 | 
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Tsutomu Sato | June 12, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | 96 | |||
| 8 | 
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Kazuhiro Haraguchi | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 9 | 
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Yoshihiro Katayama | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | |||
| 10 | 
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Tatsuo Kawabata | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 11 | 
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Shinji Tarutoko | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | |||
| 12 | 
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Yoshitaka Shindō | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 14 | 
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Sanae Takaichi | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | 1065 | |||
| 15 | 
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Seiko Noda | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | |||
| 16 | 
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Masatoshi Ishida | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | |||
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Sanae Takaichi | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | |||
| 17 | 
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Ryota Takeda | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 18 | 
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Yasushi Kaneko | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | ||
| 19 | 
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Minoru Terada | August 10, 2022 | November 20, 2022 | 102 | |||
| 20 | 
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Takeaki Matsumoto | November 21, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 296 | |||
| 21 | 
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Junji Suzuki | September 13, 2023 | December 14, 2023 | 92 | |||
| (20) |
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Takeaki Matsumoto | December 14, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 292 | |||
| 22 |
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Seiichiro Murakami | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 48 | Shigeru Ishiba | ||
| Reference: soumu.go.jp | ||||||||
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