MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (JAPAN)

The of Japan is the Cabinet of Japan member responsible for Japanese foreign policy, and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since the end of the American occupation of Japan, the position has been one of the most powerful in Cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on external relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to establish a more interventionist foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position.
The current foreign minister (2007) is Nobutaka Machimura.

Contents

See also

List of ministers

External links

See also

★ Foreign minister

★ Foreign policy of Japan

List of ministers

★ Inoue Kaoru (1885–1887)

★ Ito Hirobumi (1887–1888)

★ Okuma Shigenobu (1888–1889, 1896–1897, 1898, 1915)

★ Aoki Shuzo (1889–1891, 1898–1900)

★ Enomoto Takeaki (1891–1892)

★ Mutsu Munemitsu (1892–1896)

★ Saionji Kimmochi (1896, 1906)

★ Nishi Tokujiro (1897–1898)

★ Kato Takaaki (1900–1901, 1906, 1913, 1914–1915)

★ Sone Kosuke (1901)

★ Komura Jutaro (1901–1906, 1908–1911)

★ Hayashi Tadasu (1906–1908)

★ Terauchi Masatake (1908, 1916)

★ Yasuya Uchida (1911–1912, 1918–1923, 1932–1933)

★ Taro Katsura (1912–1913)

★ Makino Nobuaki (1913–1914)

★ Kikujiro Ishii (1915–1916)

★ Ichiro Motono (1916–1918)

★ Shimpei Goto (1918)

★ Gonnohyoe Yamamoto (1923)

★ Hikokichi Ijuin (1923–1924)

★ Keishiro Matsui (1924)

★ Kijuro Shidehara (1924–1927, 1929–1931)

★ Giichi Tanaka (1927–1929)

★ Tsuyoshi Inukai (1931–1932)

★ Kenkichi Yoshizawa (1932)

★ Makoto Saito (1932)

★ Koki Hirota (1933–1936, 1937–1938)

★ Hachiro Arita (1936–1937, 1938–1939, 1940)

★ Senjuro Hayashi (1937)

★ Naotake Sato (1937)

★ Kazushige Ugaki (1938)

★ Nobuyuki Abe (1939)

★ Kichisaburo Nomura (1939–1940)

★ Yosuke Matsuoka (1940–1941)

★ Teijiro Toyoda (1941)

★ Shigenori Togo (1941–1942, 1945)

★ Hideki Tojo (1942)

★ Masayuki Tani (1942–1943)

★ Mamoru Shigemitsu (1943–1945, 1945, 1954–1956)

★ Kantaro Suzuki (1945)

★ Shigeru Yoshida (1945–1947, 1948–1954)

★ Hitoshi Ashida (1947–1948)

★ Nobusuke Kishi (1956–1957)

★ Aiichiro Fujiyama (1957–1960)

★ Zentaro Kosaka (1960–1962, 1976)

★ Masayoshi Ohira (1962–1964, 1972–1974)

★ Etsusaburo Shiina (1964–1966)

★ Takeo Miki (1966–1968)

★ Kiichi Aichi (1968–1971)

★ Takeo Fukuda (1971–1972)

★ Toshio Kimura (1974)

★ Kiichi Miyazawa (1974–1976)

★ Iichiro Hatoyama (1976–1977)

★ Sunao Sonoda (1977–1979, 1981)

★ Saburo Okita (1979–1980)

★ Masayoshi Ito (1980–1981)

★ Yoshio Sakurauchi (1981–1982)

★ Shintaro Abe (1982–1986)

★ Tadashi Kuranari (1986–1987)

★ Sosuke Uno (1987–1989)

★ Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (1989)

★ Taro Nakayama (1989–1991)

★ Michio Watanabe (1991–1993)

★ Kabun Muto (1993)

★ Tsutomu Hata (1993–1994)

★ Koji Kakizawa (1994)

★ Yohei Kono (1994–1996, 1999–2001)

★ Yukihiko Ikeda (1996–1997)

★ Keizo Obuchi (1997–1998)

★ Masahiko Komura (1998–1999)

★ Makiko Tanaka (2001–2002)

★ Junichiro Koizumi (2002)

★ Yoriko Kawaguchi (2002–2004)

★ Nobutaka Machimura (2004–2005)

★ Taro Aso (2005–2007)

★ Nobutaka Machimura (2007–)

External links

★ Minister's Profile at Ministry of Foreign Affairs website