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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	Emblem of the Government of Japan
	Incumbent; Taku Etō; since 11 November 2024
	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet of Japan
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Emperor of Japan; attested to by the Emperor
Precursor	Minister of Education; Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
Formation	July 5, 1978; 46 years ago
Deputy	State Minister of Agriculture
Salary	¥20,916,000

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産大臣, Nourin-Suisan Daijin) 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 Taku Etō, who took office on 11 November 2024.

List of ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries

  Liberal Democratic
  Japan New Party
  Japan Renewal Party
  Socialist
  Democratic


Minister			Term of office			Prime minister
#	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Prime minister
1		Ichiro Nakagawa	July 5, 1978	December 7, 1978	155		Takeo Fukuda
2		Michio Watanabe	December 7, 1978	November 9, 1979	337		Masayoshi Ōhira
3		Kabun Mutō	November 9, 1979	July 17, 1980	251		Masayoshi Ōhira
4		Takao Kameoka	July 17, 1980	November 30, 1981	501		Zenkō Suzuki
5		Kichirō Tazawa	November 30, 1981	November 27, 1982	362		Zenkō Suzuki
6		Iwazo Kaneko	November 27, 1982	December 27, 1983	395		Yasuhiro Nakasone
7		Shinjiro Yamamura	December 27, 1983	November 1, 1984	310
8		Moriyoshi Sato	November 1, 1984	December 28, 1985	422
9		Tsutomu Hata	December 28, 1985	July 22, 1986	206
10		Mutsuki Kato	July 22, 1986	November 6, 1987	472
11		Takashi Sato	November 6, 1987	December 27, 1988	417		Noboru Takeshita
12 (9)		Tsutomu Hata	December 27, 1988	June 3, 1989	158		Noboru Takeshita
13		Hisao Horinouchi	June 3, 1989	August 10, 1989	68		Sōsuke Uno
14		Michihiko Kano	August 10, 1989	February 28, 1990	202		Toshiki Kaifu
15		Tomio Yamamoto	February 28, 1990	December 29, 1990	304
16		Motoji Kondō	December 29, 1990	November 5, 1991	311
17		Masami Tanabu	November 5, 1991	August 4, 1993	638		Kiichi Miyazawa
18		Kiichi Miyazawa	August 4, 1993	August 9, 1993	5		Kiichi Miyazawa
19		Eijiro Hata	August 9, 1993	April 28, 1994	262		Morihiro Hosokawa
ー (9)		Tsutomu Hata (Acting)	April 28, 1994	April 28, 1994	0		Tsutomu Hata
20 (10)		Mutsuki Kato	April 28, 1994	June 30, 1994	63		Tsutomu Hata
21		Taichiro Ōkawara	June 30, 1994	August 8, 1995	404		Tomiichi Murayama
22		Hosei Norota	August 8, 1995	January 11, 1996	156		Tomiichi Murayama
23		Ichizo Ōhara	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
24		Takao Fujimoto	November 7, 1996	September 11, 1997	308
25		Ihei Ochi	September 11, 1997	September 26, 1997	15
26		Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 26, 1997	July 30, 1998	307
27		Shōichi Nakagawa	July 30, 1998	October 5, 1999	432		Keizō Obuchi
28		Tokuichiro Tamazawa	October 5, 1999	July 4, 2000	273		Keizō Obuchi
28		Tokuichiro Tamazawa	October 5, 1999	July 4, 2000	273		Yoshirō Mori
29		Yoichi Tani	July 4, 2000	December 5, 2000	154
30		Yoshio Yatsu	December 5, 2000	April 26, 2001	142
31		Tsutomu Takebe	April 26, 2001	September 30, 2002	522		Junichiro Koizumi
32		Tadamori Ōshima	September 30, 2002	April 1, 2003	183
33		Yoshiyuki Kamei	April 1, 2003	September 27, 2004	545
34 (26)		Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 27, 2004	August 8, 2005	315
35		Junichiro Koizumi	August 8, 2005	August 11, 2005	3
36		Mineichi Iwanaga	August 11, 2005	October 31, 2005	81
37 (27)		Shōichi Nakagawa	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
38		Toshikatsu Matsuoka	September 26, 2006	May 28, 2007	244		Shinzo Abe
ー		Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Acting)	May 28, 2007	June 1, 2007	4
39		Norihiko Akagi	June 1, 2007	August 1, 2007	61
40		Masatoshi Wakabayashi	August 1, 2007	August 27, 2007	26
41		Takehiko Endo	August 27, 2007	September 3, 2007	7
ー		Akira Amari (Acting)	September 3, 2007	September 4, 2007	1
42 (40)		Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 4, 2007	August 2, 2008	333		Shinzo Abe
42 (40)		Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 4, 2007	August 2, 2008	333		Yasuo Fukuda
43		Seiichi Ōta	August 2, 2008	September 19, 2008	48
ー		Nobutaka Machimura (Acting)	September 19, 2008	September 26, 2008	7
44		Shigeru Ishiba	September 26, 2008	September 16, 2009	355		Tarō Asō
45		Hirotaka Akamatsu	September 16, 2009	June 8, 2010	265		Yukio Hatoyama
46		Masahiko Yamada	June 8, 2010	September 17, 2010	101		Naoto Kan
47 (14)		Michihiko Kano	September 17, 2010	June 4, 2012	626		Naoto Kan
47 (14)		Michihiko Kano	September 17, 2010	June 4, 2012	626		Yoshihiko Noda
48		Akira Gunji	June 4, 2012	December 16, 2012	205		Yoshihiko Noda
49		Yoshimasa Hayashi	December 16, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzo Abe
50		Koya Nishikawa	September 3, 2014	February 23, 2015	173
51		Yoshimasa Hayashi	February 23, 2015	October 7, 2015	226
52		Hiroshi Moriyama	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
53		Yūji Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
54		Ken Saitō	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
55		Takamori Yoshikawa	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
56		Taku Etō	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	371
57		Kōtarō Nogami	September 16, 2020	October 4, 2021	383		Yoshihide Suga
58		Genjirō Kaneko	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
59		Tetsuro Nomura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	399
60		Ichiro Miyashita	September 13, 2023	December 14, 2023	92
61		Tetsushi Sakamoto	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	292
62		Yasuhiro Ozato	October 1, 2024	November 11, 2024	41		Shigeru Ishiba
63 (56)		Taku Etō	November 11, 2024	Incumbent	56		Shigeru Ishiba