Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Norikazu Suzuki since 21 October 2025
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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 theEmperor
Precursor	Minister of Education Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
Formation	July 5, 1978; 47 years ago (1978-07-05)
Deputy	State Minister of Agriculture
Salary	¥20,916,000

TheMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産大臣,Nourin-Suisan Daijin) is a member of theCabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of theMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The minister is nominated by thePrime Minister of Japan and is appointed by theEmperor of Japan.

The current minister isNorikazu Suzuki, who took office on 21 October 2025.

  Liberal Democratic
  Japan New Party
  Japan Renewal Party
  Socialist
  Democratic

Minister				Term of office			Prime minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1			Ichiro Nakagawa	July 5, 1978	December 7, 1978	155		Takeo Fukuda
2			Michio Watanabe	December 7, 1978	November 9, 1979	337		Masayoshi Ōhira
3			Kabun Mutō	November 9, 1979	July 17, 1980	251
4			Takao Kameoka	July 17, 1980	November 30, 1981	501		Zenkō Suzuki
5			Kichirō Tazawa	November 30, 1981	November 27, 1982	362
6			Iwazo Kaneko	November 27, 1982	December 27, 1983	395		Yasuhiro Nakasone
7			Shinjiro Yamamura	December 27, 1983	November 1, 1984	310
8			Moriyoshi Sato	November 1, 1984	December 28, 1985	422
9			Tsutomu Hata	December 28, 1985	July 22, 1986	206
10			Mutsuki Kato	July 22, 1986	November 6, 1987	472
11			Takashi Sato	November 6, 1987	December 27, 1988	417		Noboru Takeshita
12 (9)			Tsutomu Hata	December 27, 1988	June 3, 1989	158
13			Hisao Horinouchi	June 3, 1989	August 10, 1989	68		Sōsuke Uno
14			Michihiko Kano	August 10, 1989	February 28, 1990	202		Toshiki Kaifu
15			Tomio Yamamoto	February 28, 1990	December 29, 1990	304
16			Motoji Kondō	December 29, 1990	November 5, 1991	311
17			Masami Tanabu	November 5, 1991	August 4, 1993	638		Kiichi Miyazawa
18			Kiichi Miyazawa	August 4, 1993	August 9, 1993	5
19			Eijiro Hata	August 9, 1993	April 28, 1994	262		Morihiro Hosokawa
ー (9)			Tsutomu Hata (Acting)	April 28, 1994	April 28, 1994	0		Tsutomu Hata
20 (10)			Mutsuki Kato	April 28, 1994	June 30, 1994	63
21			Taichiro Ōkawara	June 30, 1994	August 8, 1995	404		Tomiichi Murayama
22			Hosei Norota	August 8, 1995	January 11, 1996	156
23			Ichizo Ōhara	January 11, 1996	November 7, 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
24			Takao Fujimoto	November 7, 1996	September 11, 1997	308
25			Ihei Ochi	September 11, 1997	September 26, 1997	15
26			Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 26, 1997	July 30, 1998	307
27			Shōichi Nakagawa	July 30, 1998	October 5, 1999	432		Keizō Obuchi
28			Tokuichiro Tamazawa	October 5, 1999	July 4, 2000	273		Keizō Obuchi
								Yoshirō Mori
29			Yoichi Tani	July 4, 2000	December 5, 2000	154
30			Yoshio Yatsu	December 5, 2000	April 26, 2001	142
31			Tsutomu Takebe	April 26, 2001	September 30, 2002	522		Junichiro Koizumi
32			Tadamori Ōshima	September 30, 2002	April 1, 2003	183
33			Yoshiyuki Kamei	April 1, 2003	September 27, 2004	545
34 (26)			Yoshinobu Shimamura	September 27, 2004	August 8, 2005	315
35			Junichiro Koizumi	August 8, 2005	August 11, 2005	3
36			Mineichi Iwanaga	August 11, 2005	October 31, 2005	81
37 (27)			Shōichi Nakagawa	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
38			Toshikatsu Matsuoka	September 26, 2006	May 28, 2007	244		Shinzo Abe
ー			Masatoshi Wakabayashi (Acting)	May 28, 2007	June 1, 2007	4
39			Norihiko Akagi	June 1, 2007	August 1, 2007	61
40			Masatoshi Wakabayashi	August 1, 2007	August 27, 2007	26
41			Takehiko Endo	August 27, 2007	September 3, 2007	7
ー			Akira Amari (Acting)	September 3, 2007	September 4, 2007	1
42 (40)			Masatoshi Wakabayashi	September 4, 2007	August 2, 2008	333		Shinzo Abe
								Yasuo Fukuda
43			Seiichi Ōta	August 2, 2008	September 19, 2008	48
ー			Nobutaka Machimura (Acting)	September 19, 2008	September 26, 2008	7
44			Shigeru Ishiba	September 26, 2008	September 16, 2009	355		Tarō Asō
45			Hirotaka Akamatsu	September 16, 2009	June 8, 2010	265		Yukio Hatoyama
46			Masahiko Yamada	June 8, 2010	September 17, 2010	101		Naoto Kan
47 (14)			Michihiko Kano	September 17, 2010	June 4, 2012	626		Naoto Kan
								Yoshihiko Noda
48			Akira Gunji	June 4, 2012	December 16, 2012	205
49			Yoshimasa Hayashi	December 16, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzo Abe
50			Koya Nishikawa	September 3, 2014	February 23, 2015	173
51			Yoshimasa Hayashi	February 23, 2015	October 7, 2015	226
52			Hiroshi Moriyama	October 7, 2015	August 3, 2016	301
53			Yūji Yamamoto	August 3, 2016	August 3, 2017	365
54			Ken Saitō	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
55			Takamori Yoshikawa	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
56			Taku Etō	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	371
57			Kōtarō Nogami	September 16, 2020	October 4, 2021	383		Yoshihide Suga
58			Genjirō Kaneko	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
59			Tetsuro Nomura	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	399
60			Ichiro Miyashita	September 13, 2023	December 14, 2023	92
61			Tetsushi Sakamoto	December 14, 2023	October 1, 2024	292
62			Yasuhiro Ozato	October 1, 2024	November 11, 2024	41		Shigeru Ishiba
63 (56)			Taku Etō	November 11, 2024	May 21, 2025	190
64			Shinjirō Koizumi	May 21, 2025	October 21, 2025	153
65			Norikazu Suzuki	October 21, 2025	Incumbent	116		Sanae Takaichi

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