Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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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
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	January 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-06)
Deputy	State 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 and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor 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	Prime Minister
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		Yasuo Fukuda
9		Ryū Shionoya	September 24, 2008	September 16, 2009	357		Taro Aso
10		Tatsuo Kawabata	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
10		Tatsuo Kawabata	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Naoto Kan
11		Yoshiaki Takaki	September 17, 2010	September 2, 2011	350		Naoto Kan
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	871
23		Masahito Moriyama	September 13, 2023	October 1, 2024	384
24		Toshiko Abe	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	88		Shigeru Ishiba

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