The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
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| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
| 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 Health Minister of Labor |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of Health and Labour |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
Minister Takamaro Fukuoka took office on 1 October 2024.
List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)
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| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | 
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Chikara Sakaguchi | January 6, 2001 | September 27, 2004 | 1360 | Yoshirō Mori | ||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | 
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Hidehisa Otsuji | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 399 | |||
| 3 | 
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Jirō Kawasaki | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 330 | |||
| 4 | 
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Hakuo Yanagisawa | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | 335 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 5 | 
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Yōichi Masuzoe | August 27, 2007 | September 16, 2009 | 751 | |||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| Tarō Asō | ||||||||
| 6 | 
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Akira Nagatsuma | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 7 | 
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Ritsuo Hosokawa | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 350 | |||
| 8 | 
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Yoko Komiyama | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 395 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 9 | 
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Wakio Mitsui | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 86 | |||
| 10 | 
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Norihisa Tamura | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | 616 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 11 | 
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Yasuhisa Shiozaki | September 3, 2014 | August 3, 2017 | 1065 | |||
| 12 | 
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Katsunobu Katō | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 425 | |||
| 13 | 
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Takumi Nemoto | October 2, 2018 | September 11, 2019 | 344 | |||
| (12) | 
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Katsunobu Katō | September 11, 2019 | September 16, 2020 | 371 | |||
| (10) |
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Norihisa Tamura | September 16, 2020 | October 4, 2021 | 383 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 14 | 
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Shigeyuki Goto | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | 310 | Fumio Kishida | ||
| (12) | 
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Katsunobu Katō | August 10, 2022 | September 13, 2023 | 399 | |||
| 15 | 
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Keizō Takemi | September 13, 2023 | October 1, 2024 | 384 | |||
| 16 |
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Takamaro Fukuoka | October 1, 2024 | Incumbent | 67 | Shigeru Ishiba | ||
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