The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣, Kokudo-Koutsu Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
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 Emblem of the Government of Japan | |
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| Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Cabinet of Japan National Security Council |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer | Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor | Minister of Transport Minister of Construction Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency Director-General of the National Land Agency |
| Formation | January 6, 2001 |
| Deputy | State Minister of Land and Transportation |
| Salary | ¥20,916,000 |
The current minister is Hiromasa Nakano, who took office on November 11, 2024.
List of ministers of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (2001–)
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| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
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Chikage Oogi | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 989 | Yoshirō Mori | ||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | 
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Nobuteru Ishihara | September 22, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 371 | |||
| 3 | 
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Kazuo Kitagawa | September 27, 2004 | September 26, 2006 | 729 | |||
| 4 | 
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Tetsuzo Fuyushiba | September 26, 2006 | August 2, 2008 | 676 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| 5 | 
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Sadakazu Tanigaki | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 53 | |||
| 6 | 
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Nariaki Nakayama | September 24, 2008 | September 28, 2008 | 5 | Tarō Asō | ||
| 7 | 
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Kazuyoshi Kaneko | September 29, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 352 | |||
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Seiji Maehara | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | 366 | Yukio Hatoyama | ||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 9 | 
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Sumio Mabuchi | September 17, 2010 | January 14, 2011 | 119 | |||
| 10 | 
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Akihiro Ohata | January 14, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | 231 | |||
| 11 | 
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Takeshi Maeda | September 2, 2011 | June 4, 2012 | 276 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| 12 | 
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Yuichiro Hata | June 4, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 205 | |||
| 13 | 
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Akihiro Ota | December 26, 2012 | October 7, 2015 | 1015 | Shinzō Abe | ||
| 14 | 
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Keiichi Ishii | October 7, 2015 | September 11, 2019 | 1435 | |||
| 15 | 
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Kazuyoshi Akaba | September 11, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | 754 | Yoshihide Suga | ||
| 16 | 
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Tetsuo Saitō | October 4, 2021 | November 11, 2024 | 1134 | Fumio Kishida | ||
| Shigeru Ishiba | ||||||||
| 17 |
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Hiromasa Nakano | November 11, 2024 | Incumbent | 43 | |||
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