Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣, Keizai-Sangyou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 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 of Economy, Trade and Industry
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Yoji Muto since 1 October 2024
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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 International Trade and Industry
Formation	January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)
Deputy	State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Salary	¥20,916,000

The current minister is Yoji Muto, who took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of economy, trade and industry (2001–)

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic

Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1			Takeo Hiranuma	January 6, 2001	September 22, 2003	989		Yoshiro Mori
								Junichiro Koizumi
2			Shoichi Nakagawa	September 22, 2003	October 31, 2005	770
3			Toshihiro Nikai (1st)	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
4			Akira Amari	September 26, 2006	August 2, 2008	676		Shinzō Abe
								Yasuo Fukuda
(3)			Toshihiro Nikai (2nd)	August 2, 2008	September 16, 2009	410
								Tarō Asō
5			Masayuki Naoshima	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
6			Akihiro Ohata	September 17, 2010	January 14, 2011	119
7			Banri Kaieda	January 14, 2011	September 2, 2011	231
8			Yoshio Hachiro	September 2, 2011	September 11, 2011	9		Yoshihiko Noda
9			Yukio Edano	September 12, 2011	December 26, 2012	471
10			Toshimitsu Motegi	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
11			Yūko Obuchi	September 3, 2014	October 21, 2014	48
12			Yoichi Miyazawa	October 21, 2014	October 7, 2015	351
13			Motoo Hayashi	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
14			Hiroshige Sekō	August 3, 2016	September 11, 2019	1134
15			Isshu Sugawara	September 11, 2019	October 25, 2019	44
16			Hiroshi Kajiyama	October 25, 2019	October 4, 2021	710		Yoshihide Suga
17			Kōichi Hagiuda	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
18			Yasutoshi Nishimura	August 10, 2022	December 14, 2023	491
19			Ken Saitō	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	292
20			Yoji Muto	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	33		Shigeru Ishiba