List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office

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This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by time in office.

Notable lengths[edit]

Japan's three longest-serving prime ministers and three shortest-serving prime ministers, left to right:
Shinzo Abe, 8 years, 267 days; Katsura Tarō, 7 years, 330 days; and Eisaku Satō, 7 years, 242 days.
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, 54 days; Tsutomu Hata, 64 days; and Tanzan Ishibashi, 65 days.

Of the 63 past prime ministers, six served more than 5 years while twenty served less than a year. Itō Hirobumi became the first Japanese prime minister in 1885 and is the only person to have served on four separate occasions. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the longest-serving prime minister in the Imperial period (1885–1947) and the only person to have served on three separate occasions.

List of office holders by tenure[edit]

Rank Prime Minister Tenure length Terms Occasions Party Start Reason
for exit		 Ref.
1 Shinzo Abe 8 years, 267 days 4 2 Liberal Democratic 2006 Resigned due to illness [1]
2 Katsura Tarō 7 years, 330 days 3 3 Military (Army) / None 1901 Resigned [1]
3 Eisaku Satō 7 years, 242 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1964 Resigned [1]
4 Itō Hirobumi 7 years, 164 days 4 4 None / Rikken Seiyūkai 1885 Resigned [1]
5 Shigeru Yoshida 7 years, 60 days 5 2 Liberal / Democratic Liberal / Liberal 1946 Resigned [1]
6 Junichiro Koizumi 5 years, 154 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 2001 Resigned [1]
7 Yasuhiro Nakasone 4 years, 345 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1982 Resigned [1]
8 Hayato Ikeda 4 years, 114 days 3 1 Liberal Democratic 1960 Resigned due to illness [1]
9 Saionji Kinmochi 3 years, 304 days 2 2 Rikken Seiyūkai 1906 Resigned [1]
10 Nobusuke Kishi 3 years, 146 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1957 Resigned [1]
11 Yamagata Aritomo 3 years, 115 days 2 2 Military (Army) 1889 Resigned [1]
12 Hara Takashi 3 years, 37 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1918 Assassinated [1]
13 Ōkuma Shigenobu 2 years, 309 days 2 2 Kenseitō 1898 Resigned [1]
14 Fumimaro Konoe 2 years, 305 days 3 2 None / Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1937 Resigned [1]
15 Hideki Tojo 2 years, 279 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1941 Resigned [1]
16 Matsukata Masayoshi 2 years, 212 days 2 2 None 1891 Resigned [1]
17 Fumio Kishida 2 years, 211 days
 2 1 Liberal Democratic 2021 Incumbent [1]
18 Ryutaro Hashimoto 2 years, 201 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1996 Resigned [1]
19 Kakuei Tanaka 2 years, 156 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1972 Resigned [1]
20 Zenkō Suzuki 2 years, 134 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1980 Resigned [1]
21 Toshiki Kaifu 2 years, 88 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1989 Resigned [1]
22 Tanaka Giichi 2 years, 74 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1927 Resigned [1]
23 Saitō Makoto 2 years, 44 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1932 Resigned [1]
24 Takeo Miki 2 years, 16 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1974 Election [1]
25 Ichirō Hatoyama 2 years, 14 days 3 1 Japan Democratic / Liberal Democratic 1954 Resigned [1]
26 Terauchi Masatake 1 year, 356 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1916 Resigned [1]
27 Takeo Fukuda 1 year, 349 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1976 Resigned [1]
28 Wakatsuki Reijirō 1 year, 325 days 2 2 Kenseikai 1926 Resigned [1]
29 Hamaguchi Osachi 1 year, 287 days 1 1 Rikken Minseitō 1929 Resigned due to injury [1]
30 Kiichi Miyazawa 1 year, 278 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1991 Election [1]
31 Keizō Obuchi 1 year, 251 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1998 Resigned due to illness [1]
32 Keisuke Okada 1 year, 246 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1934 Resigned [1]
33 Katō Takaaki 1 year, 232 days 1 1 Kenseikai 1924 Died [1]
34 Noboru Takeshita 1 year, 210 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1987 Resigned [1]
35 Tomiichi Murayama 1 year, 196 days 1 1 Japan Socialist 1994 Resigned [1]
36 Masayoshi Ōhira 1 year, 189 days 2 1 Liberal Democratic 1978 Died [1]
37 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 1 year, 184 days 2 2 Military (Navy) 1913 Resigned [1]
38 Kiyotaka Kuroda 1 year, 179 days 1 1 None 1888 Resigned [1]
39 Yoshihiko Noda 1 year, 116 days 1 1 Democratic 2011 Election [1]
40 Naoto Kan 1 year, 87 days 1 1 Democratic 2010 Resigned [1]
41 Katō Tomosaburō 1 year, 74 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1922 Died [1]
42 Yoshirō Mori 1 year, 22 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2000 Resigned [1]
43 Yoshihide Suga 1 year, 19 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2020 Resigned [1]
44 Yasuo Fukuda 1 year, 0 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2007 Resigned [1]
45 Tarō Asō 358 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 2008 Election [1]
46 Kōki Hirota 331 days 1 1 None 1936 Resigned [1]
47 Tetsu Katayama 292 days 1 1 Japan Socialist 1947 Resigned [1]
48 Yukio Hatoyama 266 days 1 1 Democratic 2009 Resigned [1]
49 Morihiro Hosokawa 263 days 1 1 Japan New 1993 Resigned [1]
50 Kuniaki Koiso 260 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association 1944 Resigned [1]
51 Hiranuma Kiichirō 238 days 1 1 None 1939 Resigned [1]
52 Kijūrō Shidehara 226 days 1 1 Japan Progressive 1945 Election [1]
53 Hitoshi Ashida 220 days 1 1 Democratic 1948 Resigned [1]
54 Korekiyo Takahashi 212 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1921 Resigned [1]
55 Mitsumasa Yonai 189 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1940 Resigned [1]
56 Kiyoura Keigo 157 days 1 1 None 1924 Election [1]
57 Tsuyoshi Inukai 155 days 1 1 Rikken Seiyūkai 1931 Assassinated [1]
58 Nobuyuki Abe 140 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1939 Resigned [1]
59 Kantarō Suzuki 133 days 1 1 Imperial Rule Assistance Association / None 1945 Resigned [1]
60 Senjūrō Hayashi 123 days 1 1 Military (Army) 1937 Election [1]
61 Sōsuke Uno 69 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1989 Resigned [1]
62 Tanzan Ishibashi 65 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1956 Resigned [1]
63 Tsutomu Hata 64 days 1 1 Japan Renewal 1994 Resigned [1]
64 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 54 days 1 1 Imperial Family 1945 Resigned [1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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