Leldy22

Portrait		Prime minister (Life span)	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days			Party	Government	Emperor (Reign)	Ref.	—	None	35. Hiranuma	[3]
238 days
		Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 (1875–1953)	30 August 1939	16 January 1940	—	Military (Army)	36. N. Abe	[4]
			140 days
		Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 (1880–1948)	16 January 1940	22 July 1940	—	Military (Navy)	37. Yonai	[5]
			189 days
		Prince Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 (1891–1945)	22 July 1940	18 October 1941	—	None	38. Konoe II	[6]
						Taisei Yokusankai
			1 year and 89 days				39. Konoe III
		Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 (1884–1948)	18 October 1941	22 July 1944	—	Taisei Yokusankai	40. Tōjō	[7]
					1942
			2 years and 279 days
		Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 (1880–1950)	22 July 1944	7 April 1945	—	Taisei Yokusankai	41. Koiso	[8]
			260 days
		Baron Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郞 (1868–1948)	7 April 1945	17 August 1945	—	Taisei Yokusankai	42. K. Suzuki	[9]
			133 days			None
		Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 東久邇宮稔彦王 (1887–1990)	17 August 1945	9 October 1945	—	Imperial Family	43. Higashikuni	[10]
			54 days
		Baron Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郞 (1872–1951)	9 October 1945	22 May 1946	—	Progressive	44. Shidehara	[11]
			226 days
		Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 (1878–1967)	22 May 1946	24 May 1947	1946	Liberal	45. Yoshida I	[12]
			1 year and 3 days
		Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Rep for Kanagawa 3rd (1887–1978)	24 May 1947	10 March 1948	1947	Socialist	46. Katayama	[13]
			292 days
		Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Rep for Kyōto 2nd (1887–1959)	10 March 1948	15 October 1948	—	Democratic	47. Ashida	[14]
			220 days
		Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Rep for Kōchi At-large (1878–1967)	15 October 1948	10 December 1954	—	Democratic Liberal	48. Yoshida II	[12]
					1949		49. Yoshida III
						Liberal
					1952		50. Yoshida IV
					1953		51. Yoshida IV
			6 years and 57 days
		Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Rep for Tokyo 1st (1883–1959)	10 December 1954	23 December 1956	—	Democratic	52. Hatoyama I. I	[15]
					1955		53. Hatoyama I. II
					—	Liberal Democratic	54. Hatoyama I. III
			2 years and 14 days
		Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 Rep for Shizuoka 2nd (1884–1973)	23 December 1956	25 February 1957	—	Liberal Democratic	55. Ishibashi	[16]
			65 days
		Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd (1896–1987)	25 February 1957	19 July 1960	—	Liberal Democratic	56. Kishi I	[17]
					1958		57. Kishi II
			3 years and 146 days
		Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Rep for Hiroshima 2nd (1899–1965)	19 July 1960	9 November 1964	—	Liberal Democratic	58. Ikeda I	[18]
					1960		59. Ikeda II
					1963		60. Ikeda III
			4 years and 114 days
		Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd (1901–1975)	9 November 1964	7 July 1972	—	Liberal Democratic	61. Satō I	[19]
					1967		62. Satō II
					1969		63. Satō III
			7 years and 242 days
		Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Rep for Niigata 3rd (1918–1993)	7 July 1972	9 December 1974	—	Liberal Democratic	64. Tanaka K. I	[20]
					1972		65. Tanaka K. II
			2 years and 156 days
		Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Rep for Tokushima At-large (1907–1988)	9 December 1974	24 December 1976	—	Liberal Democratic	66. Miki	[21]
			2 years and 16 days
		Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Rep for Gunma 3rd (1905–1995)	24 December 1976	7 December 1978	1976	Liberal Democratic	67. Fukuda T.	[22]
			1 year and 349 days
		Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 Rep for Kagawa 2nd (1910–1980)	7 December 1978	12 June 1980	—	Liberal Democratic	68. Ōhira I	[23]
					1979		69. Ōhira II
			1 year and 189 days[†]
During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito was the acting Prime Minister.
		Zenkō Suzuki 鈴木 善幸 Rep for Iwate 1st (1911–2004)	17 July 1980	27 November 1982	1980	Liberal Democratic	70. Suzuki Z.	[24]
			2 years and 134 days
		Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根 康弘 Rep for Gunma 3rd (1918–2019)	27 November 1982	6 November 1987	—	Liberal Democratic	71. Nakasone I	[25]
					1983		72. Nakasone II
					1986		72. Nakasone II
			4 years and 345 days
		Rep for Shimane At-large (1924–2000)	6 November 1987	3 June 1989	—	Liberal Democratic	74. Takeshita	[26]
			1 year and 210 days						Akihito (Heisei) (1989–2019)
		Sōsuke Uno 宇野 宗佑 Rep for Shiga At-large (1922–1998)	3 June 1989	10 August 1989	—	Liberal Democratic	75. Uno	[27]
			69 days
		Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 Rep for Aichi 3rd (1931–2022)	10 August 1989	5 November 1991	—	Liberal Democratic	76. Kaifu I	[28]
					1990		77. Kaifu II
			2 years and 88 days
		Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Rep for Hiroshima 3rd (1919–2007)	5 November 1991	9 August 1993	—	Liberal Democratic	78. Miyazawa	[29]
			1 year and 278 days
		Morihiro Hosokawa 細川 護熙 Rep for Kumamoto 1st (born 1938)	9 August 1993	28 April 1994	1993	New	79. Hosokawa	[30]
			263 days
		Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Rep for Nagano 2nd (1935–2017)	28 April 1994	30 June 1994	—	Renewal	80. Hata	[31]
			64 days
		Tomiichi Murayama 村山 富市 Rep for Ōita 1st (born 1924)	30 June 1994	11 January 1996	—	Socialist	81. Murayama	[32]
			1 year and 196 days
		Ryūtarō Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Rep for Okayama 4th (1937–2006)	11 January 1996	30 July 1998	—	Liberal Democratic	82. Hashimoto I	[33]
					1996		83. Hashimoto II
			2 years and 201 days
		Keizō Obuchi 小渕 恵三 Rep for Gunma 5th (1937–2000)	30 July 1998	5 April 2000	—	Liberal Democratic	84. Obuchi	[34]
			1 year and 251 days
		Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 Rep for Ishikawa 2nd (born 1937)	5 April 2000	26 April 2001	—	Liberal Democratic	85. Mori I	[35]
					2000		86. Mori II
			1 year and 22 days
		Junichiro Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Rep for Kanagawa 11th (born 1942)	26 April 2001	26 September 2008	—	Liberal Democratic	87. Koizumi I	[36]
					2003		88. Koizumi II
					2005		89. Koizumi III
			7 years and 154 days
		Ōbama Beirako 小浜 菩落 Rep for Yamaguchi 4th (1954–Present)	26 September 2008	11 October 2021	—	Democratic	90. Obama B. I	[37]
			14 years and 16 days

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