The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
Until 2001, the Japanese title was . Both the current and previous title are translated as "Minister of Finance".
The current minister is Satsuki Katayama, who took office on 21 October 2025.
List of ministers Prewar (1900–1946) # Name Took office Left office 1 Masayoshi Matsukata 1885 1892 Watanabe Kunitake 1892 1895 2 Masakata Matsukata 1895 1895 3 Watanabe Kunitake 1895 1896 4 Masayoshi Matsukata 1896 1898 5 Inoue Kaoru 1898 1898 6 Matsuda Masahisa 1898 1898 7 Masakata Matsukata 1898 1900 8 Watanabe Kunitake 1900 1901 9 Saionji Kinmochi 1901 1901 10 Sone Arasuke 1901 1906 11 Yoshiro Sakatani 1906 1908 12 Matsuda Masahisa 1908 1908 Katsura Tarō 1908 1911 Yamamoto Tatsuo 1911 1912 Wakatsuki Reijirō (1st) 1912 1913 Takahashi Korekiyo (1st) 1913 1914 Wakatsuki Reijirō (2nd) 1914 1915 Taketomi Tokitoshi 1915 1916 Terauchi Masatake 1916 1916 Kazue Shōda (1st) 1916 1918 Takahashi Korekiyo (2nd) 1918 1922 Otohiko Ichiki 1922 1923 Junnosuke Inoue (1st) 1923 1924 Kazue Shōda (2nd) 1924 1924 Osachi Hamaguchi 1924 1925 Seiji Hayami 1925 1925 Kataoka Naoharu 1925 1927 Takahashi Korekiyo (3rd) 1927 1927 Chuzo Mitsuchi 1927 1929 Junnosuke Inoue (2nd) 1929 1931 Takahashi Korekiyo (4th) 1931 1934 Sadanobu Fujii 1934 1934 Takahashi Korekiyo (5th) 1934 1936 Machida Chūji 1936 1936 Eiichi Baba 1936 1937 Toyotaro YukiFuji Ginkō. (1967). Banking in modern Japan, p. 125. 1937 1937 Okinori Kaya (1st) 1937 1938 Shigeaki Ikeda 1938 1939 Sotaro Ishiwata (1st) 1939 1939 Kazuo Aoki 1939 1940 Yukio Sakurauchi 1940 1940 Isao Kawada 1940 1941 Masatsune Ogura 1941 1941 Okinori Kaya (2nd) 1941 1944 Sotaro Ishiwata (2nd) 1944 1945 Juichi Tsushima 1945 1945 Toyosaku Hirose 1945 1945 Juichi Tsushima (2nd) 1945 1945 Keizō Shibusawa 1945 1946
Postwar (1946–present)
Finance MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays32Tanzan IshibashiMay 22, 1946May 24, 1947 Shigeru Yoshida -Tetsu Katayama (Acting)May 24, 1947June 1, 1947 Tetsu Katayama33Shōtarō YanoJune 1, 1947June 25, 1947 34Takeo KurusuJune 25, 1947March 10, 1948 35Tokutarō KitamuraMarch 10, 1948October 15, 1948 Hitoshi Ashida36Sanroku IzumiyamaOctober 19, 1948December 14, 1948 Shigeru Yoshida 37Shinzō Ōya (Interim)December 14, 1948February 16, 1949 38Hayato IkedaFebruary 16, 1949October 30, 1952 39Tadaharu MukaiOctober 30, 1952May 21, 1953 40Sankurō OgasawaraMay 21, 1953December 10, 1954 41Hisato IchimadaDecember 10, 1954November 22, 1955 Ichirō HatoyamaNovember 22, 1955December 23, 1956(38)Hayato IkedaDecember 23, 1956July 10, 1957 Tanzan IshibashiNobusuke Kishi(41)Hisato IchimadaJuly 10, 1957June 12, 1958 42Eisaku SatōJune 12, 1958July 19, 1960 43Mikio MizutaJuly 19, 1960July 18, 1962 Hayato Ikeda44Kakuei TanakaJuly 18, 1962June 3, 1965 Eisaku Satō45Takeo FukudaJune 3, 1965December 3, 1966 (43)Mikio MizutaDecember 3, 1966November 30, 1968 (45)Takeo FukudaNovember 30, 1968July 5, 1971 (43)Mikio MizutaJuly 5, 1971July 7, 1972 46Koshiro UekiJuly 7, 1972December 22, 1972 Kakuei Tanaka47Kiichi AichiDecember 22, 1972November 23, 1973 (45)Takeo FukudaNovember 25, 1973July 16, 1974 48Masayoshi ŌhiraJuly 16, 1974December 24, 1976 Takeo Miki49Hideo BoDecember 24, 1976November 28, 1977 Takeo Fukuda50Tatsuo MurayamaNovember 28, 1977December 7, 1978 51Ippei KanekoDecember 7, 1978November 9, 1979 Masayoshi Ōhira52Noboru TakeshitaNovember 9, 1979July 17, 1980 53Michio WatanabeJuly 17, 1980November 27, 1982 Zenkō Suzuki(52)Noboru TakeshitaNovember 27, 1982July 22, 1986 Yasuhiro Nakasone54Kiichi MiyazawaJuly 22, 1986December 9, 1988 Noboru Takeshita(52)Noboru Takeshita (Acting)December 9, 1988December 27, 1988 (50)Tatsuo MurayamaDecember 27, 1988August 10, 1989 Sosuke Uno55Ryutaro HashimotoAugust 10, 1989October 14, 1991 Toshiki Kaifu -Toshiki Kaifu (Acting)October 14, 1991November 5, 1991 56Tsutomu HataNovember 5, 1991December 12, 1992 Kiichi Miyazawa57Yoshiro HayashiDecember 12, 1992August 9, 1993 58Hirohisa FujiiAugust 9, 1993June 30, 1994 Morihiro HosokawaTsutomu Hata59Masayoshi TakemuraJune 30, 1994January 11, 1996 Tomiichi Murayama60Wataru KuboJanuary 11, 1996November 7, 1996 Ryutaro Hashimoto61Hiroshi MitsuzukaNovember 7, 1996January 28, 1998 62Hikaru MatsunagaJanuary 30, 1998July 30, 1998 (54)Kiichi MiyazawaJuly 30, 1998April 26, 2001 Keizo ObuchiYoshirō Mori63Masajuro ShiokawaApril 26, 2001September 22, 2003 Junichiro Koizumi64Sadakazu TanigakiSeptember 22, 2003September 26, 2006 65Kōji OmiSeptember 26, 2006August 27, 2007 Shinzō Abe66Fukushiro NukagaAugust 27, 2007August 2, 2008 Yasuo Fukuda67Bunmei IbukiAugust 2, 2008September 24, 2008 68Shōichi NakagawaSeptember 24, 2008February 18, 2009 Tarō Asō69Kaoru YosanoFebruary 18, 2009September 16, 2009 (58)Hirohisa FujiiSeptember 16, 2009January 6, 2010 Yukio Hatoyama70Naoto KanJanuary 6, 2010June 8, 2010 71Yoshihiko NodaJune 8, 2010September 2, 2011 Naoto Kan72Jun AzumiSeptember 2, 2011October 1, 2012 Yoshihiko Noda73Koriki JojimaOctober 1, 2012December 26, 2012 74 Tarō Asō December 26, 2012 October 4, 2021 Shinzō Abe Yoshihide Suga75Shun'ichi Suzuki October 4, 2021October 1, 2024 Fumio Kishida76Katsunobu Katō October 1, 2024October 21, 2025Shigeru Ishiba77Satsuki Katayama October 21, 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi
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