| Portrait | Prime Minister
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office & mandate
Duration in years and days |
Party | Government |
(Reign) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
Prince
近衞 文麿 (Born 1891) |
4 June
1937 |
5 January
1939 |
— | None | 34. Konoe I | Shōwa
(1926–present) | |
| 1 year and 216 days | ||||||||
|
Baron
平沼 騏一郞 (1867–1952) |
5 January
1939 |
22 July
1940 |
— | None | 35. Hiranuma | ||
| 1 year and 200 days | ||||||||
|
Prince
近衞 文麿 (Born 1891) |
22 July
1940 |
8 April
1942 |
— | None | 36. Konoe II | ||
| Taisei Yokusankai | ||||||||
| 1 year and 261 days | ||||||||
|
Tōjō Hideki
東條 英機 (1884–1958) |
8 April
1942 |
1 October
1945 |
— | Taisei Yokusankai | 37. Tōjō | ||
| 1942 | ||||||||
| 3 years and 177 days | ||||||||
|
Hirota Kohki
廣田 弘毅 (1887–1957) |
1 October
1945 |
4 May
1947 |
— | Taisei Yokusankai | 38. Hirota | ||
| 1 year and 216 days | ||||||||
|
Marquis
木戸幸一 (Born 1889) |
4 May
1947 |
17 August
1948 |
1947 | Taisei Yokusankai | 39. Kido | ||
| 1 year and 106 days | ||||||||
|
Koiso Kuniaki
小磯 國昭 (1880–1950) |
17 August1948 | 9 October1949 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 40. Koiso | ||
| 1 year and 54 days | ||||||||
|
Fujita Hisanori
藤田 尚徳 (1891–1950) |
9 October1949 | 14 November1950 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 41. Fujita | ||
| 1 year and 37 days | ||||||||
|
Shigemitsu Mamoru
重光 葵 (Born 1877) |
14 November1950 | 24 May1951 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 42. Shigetitsu | ||
| 192 days | ||||||||
|
Tajima Michiji
田島 道治 (Born 1880) |
24 May1951 | 10 March1952 | 1951 | Taisei Yokusankai | 43. Tajima | ||
| 292 days | ||||||||
|
|
Shigemitsu Mamoru
重光 葵 (1875–1953) |
10 March1952 | 17 September1953 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 44. Shigetitsu | ||
| 1 year and 192 days | ||||||||
|
Katsu Masanori
勝 正憲 (Born 1885) |
17 September1953 | 19 March1955 | — | Taisei Yokusankai | 45. Katsu | ||
| Kokumin Minseito | ||||||||
| 1 year and 184 days | ||||||||
|
|
Shigemitsu Mamoru
重光 葵 (Born 1889) |
19 March1955 | 25 February1957 | 1955 | Taisei Kaisinkai | 46. Shigetitsu | ||
| 1 year and 344 days | ||||||||
|
Hatoyama Ichiro
鳩山 一郎 (Born 1889) |
19 March1955 | 25 February1957 | 1955 | Taisei Kaisinkai | 47. Hatoyama | ||
| 1 year and 344 days | ||||||||
|
Kishi Nobusuke
岸 信介 (Born 1896) |
25 February1957 | 19 July1960 | 1957 | Taisei Kaisinkai | 48. Kishi | ||
| 3 years and 146 days | ||||||||
|
Ashida Hitoshi
芦田 均 Rep for Hiroshima 2nd (Born 1899) |
19 July1961 | Incumbent | 1961 | Kokumin Minseito | 49. Ashida | ||
| 1 year and 167 days | ||||||||
|
Kaya Okinori
賀屋 興宣 (Born 1889) |
19 March1955 | 25 February1957 | 1955 | Taisei Kaisinkai | 50. Kaya | ||
| 1 year and 344 days | ||||||||
|
Ikeda Hayato
池田 勇人 Rep for Hiroshima 2nd (Born 1899) |
19 July1961 | Incumbent | 1961 | Taisei Kaisinkai | 51. Ikeda | ||
| 1 year and 167 days | ||||||||
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