The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
The current minister is Kazuo Yana, who took office on 17 September 2026.
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List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries
+MinisterTerm of officePrime minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1Ichiro NakagawaJuly 5, 1978December 7, 1978Takeo Fukuda2Michio WatanabeDecember 7, 1978November 9, 1979Masayoshi Ōhira3Kabun MutōNovember 9, 1979July 17, 19804Takao Kameoka July 17, 1980November 30, 1981Zenkō Suzuki5Kichirō Tazawa November 30, 1981November 27, 19826 Iwazo Kaneko November 27, 1982December 27, 1983Yasuhiro Nakasone7Shinjiro Yamamura December 27, 1983November 1, 19848 Moriyoshi Sato November 1, 1984December 28, 19859Tsutomu Hata December 28, 1985July 22, 198610Mutsuki Kato July 22, 1986November 6, 198711Takashi Sato November 6, 1987December 27, 1988Noboru Takeshita12(9)Tsutomu Hata December 27, 1988June 3, 198913Hisao Horinouchi June 3, 1989August 10, 1989Sōsuke Uno14Michihiko Kano August 10, 1989February 28, 1990Toshiki Kaifu15Tomio Yamamoto February 28, 1990December 29, 199016Motoji Kondō December 29, 1990November 5, 199117Masami Tanabu November 5, 1991August 4, 1993Kiichi Miyazawa18Kiichi Miyazawa August 4, 1993August 9, 199319Eijiro Hata August 9, 1993April 28, 1994Morihiro Hosokawaー(9) Tsutomu Hata(Acting) April 28, 1994April 28, 1994Tsutomu Hata20(10)Mutsuki Kato April 28, 1994June 30, 199421Taichiro Ōkawara June 30, 1994August 8, 1995Tomiichi Murayama22 Hosei Norota August 8, 1995January 11, 199623Ichizo Ōhara January 11, 1996November 7, 1996Ryutaro Hashimoto 24 Takao Fujimoto November 7, 1996September 11, 199725 Ihei Ochi September 11, 1997September 26, 199726 Yoshinobu Shimamura September 26, 1997July 30, 199827 Shōichi Nakagawa July 30, 1998October 5, 1999Keizō Obuchi 28 Tokuichiro Tamazawa October 5, 1999 July 4, 2000Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori 29 Yoichi Tani July 4, 2000December 5, 200030 Yoshio Yatsu December 5, 2000April 26, 200131 Tsutomu Takebe April 26, 2001September 30, 2002Junichiro Koizumi 32 Tadamori Ōshima September 30, 2002April 1, 200333 Yoshiyuki Kamei April 1, 2003September 27, 200434(26) Yoshinobu Shimamura September 27, 2004August 8, 200535Junichiro Koizumi August 8, 2005August 11, 200536 Mineichi Iwanaga August 11, 2005October 31, 200537(27) Shōichi Nakagawa October 31, 2005September 26, 200638 Toshikatsu Matsuoka September 26, 2006May 28, 2007Shinzo Abe ー Masatoshi Wakabayashi(Acting) May 28, 2007June 1, 200739 Norihiko Akagi June 1, 2007 August 1, 200740 Masatoshi Wakabayashi August 1, 2007 August 27, 200741 Takehiko Endo August 27, 2007 September 3, 2007ー Akira Amari(Acting) September 3, 2007September 4, 2007 42 (40) Masatoshi Wakabayashi September 4, 2007 August 2, 2008Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda 43 Seiichi Ōta August 2, 2008 September 19, 2008ー Nobutaka Machimura(Acting) September 19, 2008September 26, 200844 Shigeru Ishiba September 26, 2008 September 16, 2009Tarō Asō 45 Hirotaka Akamatsu September 16, 2009 June 8, 2010Yukio Hatoyama 46 Masahiko Yamada June 8, 2010 September 17, 2010Naoto Kan 47(14) Michihiko Kano September 17, 2010 June 4, 2012Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda 48 Akira Gunji June 4, 2012 December 16, 201249 Yoshimasa Hayashi December 16, 2012 September 3, 2014Shinzo Abe 50 Koya Nishikawa September 3, 2014 February 23, 201551 Yoshimasa Hayashi February 23, 2015 October 7, 201552 Hiroshi Moriyama October 7, 2015 August 3, 201653 Yūji Yamamoto August 3, 2016 August 3, 201754 Ken Saitō August 3, 2017 October 2, 201855 Takamori Yoshikawa October 2, 2018 September 11, 201956 Taku Etō September 11, 2019 September 16, 202057 Kōtarō Nogami September 16, 2020 October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga 58 Genjirō Kaneko October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022Fumio Kishida 59 Tetsuro Nomura August 10, 2022 September 13, 202360 Ichiro Miyashita September 13, 2023 December 14, 202361 Tetsushi Sakamoto December 14, 2023 October 1, 202462Yasuhiro OzatoOctober 1, 2024November 11, 2024Shigeru Ishiba 63(56)Taku EtōNovember 11, 2024May 21, 202564Shinjirō KoizumiMay 21, 2025October 21, 202565Norikazu Suzuki October 21, 2025September 17, 2026Sanae Takaichi66Kazuo Yana September 17, 2026Incumbent
References
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