Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent
Toshiko Abe
since 1 October 2024
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofCabinet of Japan
Reports toPrime Minister of Japan
NominatorPrime Minister of Japan
AppointerEmperor of Japan
attested to by the Emperor
PrecursorMinister of Education
Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
FormationJanuary 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-06)
DeputyState Minister of Education
Salary¥20,916,000

The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学大臣, Monbu-Kagaku Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan.

The current minister is Toshiko Abe, who took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of education, culture, sports, science and technology (2001–)

  Liberal Democratic
  Independent
  New Komeito/Komeito
  Democratic/Minshutō
  Rikken-minshutō
  Kokumin-minshutō

Minister Term of office Prime Minister
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Days
1 Nobutaka Machimura January 6, 2001 April 26, 2001 110 Yoshiro Mori
2 Atsuko Tōyama April 26, 2001 September 22, 2003 879 Junichiro Koizumi
3 Takeo Kawamura September 22, 2003 September 27, 2004 371
4 Nariaki Nakayama September 27, 2004 October 31, 2005 399
5 Kenji Kosaka October 31, 2005 September 26, 2006 330
6 Bunmei Ibuki September 26, 2006 September 26, 2007 365 Shinzo Abe
7 Kisaburo Tokai September 26, 2007 August 2, 2008 311 Yasuo Fukuda
8 Tsuneo Suzuki August 2, 2008 September 24, 2008 53
9 Ryū Shionoya September 24, 2008 September 16, 2009 357 Taro Aso
10 Tatsuo Kawabata September 16, 2009 September 17, 2010 366 Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
11 Yoshiaki Takaki September 17, 2010 September 2, 2011 350
12 Masaharu Nakagawa September 2, 2011 January 13, 2012 133 Yoshihiko Noda
13 Hirofumi Hirano January 13, 2012 October 1, 2012 262
14 Makiko Tanaka October 1, 2012 December 26, 2012 86
15 Hakubun Shimomura December 26, 2012 October 7, 2015 1015 Shinzo Abe
16 Hiroshi Hase October 7, 2015 August 3, 2016 301
17 Hirokazu Matsuno August 3, 2016 August 3, 2017 365
18 Yoshimasa Hayashi August 3, 2017 October 2, 2018 425
19 Masahiko Shibayama October 2, 2018 September 11, 2019 344
20 Kōichi Hagiuda September 11, 2019 October 4, 2021 754 Yoshihide Suga
21 Shinsuke Suematsu October 4, 2021 August 10, 2022 310 Fumio Kishida
22 Keiko Nagaoka August 10, 2022 September 13, 2023 873
23 Masahito Moriyama September 13, 2023 October 1, 2024 384
24 Toshiko Abe October 1, 2024 Incumbent 90 Shigeru Ishiba

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