Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

This is a chronological list of all Foreign Minister of Japan.

The terms of office in the Cabinet are not listed in the table. For example, Takeaki Matsumoto is counted as 79th person, the Japanese foreign minister, while his tenure is the 145.

List of Foreign Ministers of the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the establishment of the Cabinet in 1885

Note: The dates also follow the Gregorian calendar before 1873, the Japanese date is indicated in parentheses.

List of foreign ministers since the establishment of the Cabinet in 1885

Kuge Emperor Meiji Iwakura Tomomi Tokugawa clan Mutsu Munemitsu Saionji Kinmochi Sone Arasuke Nobuyuki Abe Tetsu Katayama Katayama Cabinet Hitoshi Ashida Nobusuke Kishi Takeo Miki Kiichi Aichi Takeo Fukuda Tsutomu Hata Murayama Cabinet Yukihiko Ikeda Yoriko Kawaguchi List of members of the Japanese Cabinet (2003–2004) Template:Koizumi Cabinet Yukio Edano
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