The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan responsible for addressing the issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. The minister reports to the .
As of October 2025, the minister in charge of the abduction issue is Minoru Kihara.
List of ministers
# Image Name Took office Left office Cabinet21st century1Yasuhisa ShiozakiSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007Shinzō Abe2Kaoru YosanoAugust 27, 2007September 26, 2007Shinzō Abe3Machimura NobutakaSeptember 26, 2007August 2, 2008Yasuo Fukuda4Kyoko NakayamaAugust 2, 2008September 24, 2008Yasuo Fukuda5Takeo KawamuraSeptember 24, 2008September 16, 2009Tarō Asō6Hiroshi NakaiSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan7Minoru YanagidaSeptember 17, 2010November 22, 2010Naoto Kan8Yoshito SengokuNovember 22, 2010January 14, 2011Naoto Kan9Kansei NakanoJanuary 14, 2011September 2, 2011Naoto Kan10Kenji YamaokaSeptember 2, 2011January 13, 2012Yoshihiko Noda11Jin MatsubaraJanuary 13, 2012October 1, 2012Yoshihiko Noda12Keishu TanakaOctober 1, 2012October 23, 2012Yoshihiko Noda13Osamu FujimuraOctober 24, 2012December 26, 2012Yoshihiko Noda14Keiji FuruyaDecember 26, 2012September 3, 2014Shinzō Abe15Eriko YamataniSeptember 3, 2014October 7, 2015Shinzō Abe16Katsunobu KatōOctober 7, 2015October 2, 2018Shinzō AbeSeptember 11, 2019October 4, 202117Hirokazu MatsunoOctober 4, 2021December 14, 2023Fumio Kishida18Yoshimasa HayashiDecember 14, 2023October 21, 2025Fumio KishidaShigeru Ishiba19Minoru KiharaOctober 21, 2025Incumbent Sanae Takaichi
References
ja:拉致問題対策本部#構成員