List of female cabinet ministers of Japan
The current Cabinet of Japan, Ishiba Cabinet has 18 male officers including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and 2 female officers, Toshiko Abe and Junko Mihara.
denotes the first female minister of that particular department.
| Minister | Position | Year Appointed |
Administration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications | |||
| Yuriko Koike | Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | 2004 | Koizumi II |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | 2006 | Koizumi III |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2014 | Abe II, III and IV |
| Seiko Noda | Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications | 2017 | Abe III and IV |
| Minister of Justice | |||
| Ritsuko Nagao | Minister of Justice | 1996 | Hashimoto I |
| Mayumi Moriyama | Minister of Justice | 2001 | Koizumi I |
| Chieko Nono | Minister of Justice | 2004 | Koizumi II |
| Keiko Chiba | Minister of Justice | 2009 | Hatoyama and Kan |
| Midori Matsushima | Minister of Justice | 2014 | Abe II |
| Yōko Kamikawa | Minister of Justice | 2014, 2017, 2020 | S. Abe II, III, IV and Suga |
| Masako Mori | Minister of Justice | 2019 | Abe IV |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||
| Makiko Tanaka | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2001 | Koizumi I |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2002 | Koizumi II |
| Yōko Kamikawa | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2023 | Kishida II (R2) |
| Minister of Finance | |||
| None | |||
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |||
| Tsuruyo Kondo | Minister of State for Science and Technology | 1962 | |
| Akiko Santo | Minister of State for Science and Technology | 1990 | |
| Mayumi Moriyama | Minister of Education, Science, Sport and Culture | 1992 | |
| Ryōko Akamatsu | Minister of Education | 1993 | |
| Makiko Tanaka | Minister of State for Science and Technology | 1994 | |
| Seiko Noda | Minister of Post and Telecommunication | 1996 | |
| Atsuko Toyama | Minister of State for Science and Technology | 2001 | |
| Seiko Noda | Minister of State for Science and Technology | 2008 | |
| Makiko Tanaka | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | 2012 | |
| Keiko Nagaoka | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding |
2022 | Kishida II (R1) |
| Toshiko Abe (Incumbent) |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | 2024 | Ishiba |
| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |||
| Masa Nakayama | Minister of Health and Social Welfare | 1960 | Ikeda I |
| Yoko Komiyama | Minister of Health and Social Welfare | 2011 | Noda |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |||
| None | |||
| Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |||
| Yuko Obuchi | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | 2014 | Shinzo Abe |
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |||
| Chikage Ogi | Minister of Construction | 2000 | |
| Chikage Ogi | Minister of State for the National Land | 2000 | |
| Chikage Ogi | Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | 2000 | |
| Minister of Environment | |||
| Shige Ishimoto | Minister of State for Environment | 1984 | |
| Michiko Ishii | Minister of State for Environment | 1988 | |
| Mayumi Moriyama | Minister of State for Environment | 1989 | |
| Wakako Hironaka | Minister of State for Environment | 1993 | |
| Toshiko Hamayotsu | Minister of State for Environment | 1994 | |
| Kayoko Shimizu | Minister of State for Environment | 1999 | |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi | Minister of State for Environment | 2000 | |
| Yoriko Kawaguchi | Minister of Environment | 2001 | |
| Yuriko Koike | Minister of Environment | 2003 | |
| Tamayo Marukawa | Minister of Environment | 2015 | Shinzo Abe |
| Minister of Defense | |||
| Yuriko Koike | Minister of Defense | 2007 | |
| Tomomi Inada | Minister of Defense | 2016 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |||
| Mayumi Moriyama | Chief Cabinet Secretary | 1989 | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Minister for Reconstruction | |||
| Shinako Tsuchiya | Minister of Reconstruction Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima |
2023 | Kishida II (R2) |
| Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | |||
| Tomiko Okazaki | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | 2010 | |
| Eriko Yamatani | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | 2014 | S. Abe II (R) and III |
| Minister of State | |||
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of State for Food Safety | 2006 | |
| Seiko Noda | Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety | 2008 | |
| Mizuho Fukushima | Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety | 2009 | |
| Sumiko Takahara | Minister of State for Economic Planning | 1989 | |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of State for Innovation | 2006 | |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy | 2006 | |
| Hiroko Ota | Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | 2006 | |
| Renho Murata | Minister of State of Administrative Reform | 2010 | |
| Renho Murata | Minister of State of Administrative Reform | 2012 | |
| Tomomi Inada | Minister of State of Administrative Reform | 2012 | |
| Chieko Nono | Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate | 2004 | |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs | 2006 | |
| Yoko Kamikawa | Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate and Social Affairs | 2007 | |
| Masako Mori | Minister of State for Measures for the Declining Birthrate | 2012 | |
| Yuko Obuchi | Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality | 2008 | |
| Mizuho Fukushima | Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality | 2009 | |
| Masako Mori | Minister of State for Gender Equality | 2012 | |
| Haruko Arimura | Minister of State for Gender Equality | 2014 | |
| Tamayo Marukawa | Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | 2016, 2021 | S. Abe III (R2) and Suga |
| Seiko Hashimoto | Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister of State for Gender Equality |
2020 | Suga |
| Tamayo Marukawa | Minister of State for Gender Equality | 2021 | Suga |
| Noriko Horiuchi | Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister in charge of Promoting Vaccinations |
2021 | Kishida I, II |
| Karen Makishima | Minister for Digital Transformation Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Minister of State for Regulatory Reform |
2021 | Kishida I, II |
| Seiko Noda | Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation |
2021 | Kishida I, II |
| Ayuko Kato | Minister in charge of Policies Related to Children Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Gender Equality |
2023 | Kishida II (R2) |
| Sanae Takaichi | Minister in charge of Economic Security Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister of State for Space Policy Minister of State for Economic Security |
2022 | Kishida II (R1) (R2) |
| Hanako Jimi | Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies Minister in charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision Minister for the World Expo 2025 |
2023 | Kishida II (R2) |
| Junko Mihara (Incumbent) |
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister of State for Youth's Empowerment Minister of State for Gender Equality Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Cohesive Society Minister in charge of Measures for Loneliness and Isolation |
2024 | Ishiba |