# Every prime minister of Japan since the start of Heisei (Takeshita to Takaichi)

From the start of the Heisei era in 1989 to Sanae Takaichi, who took office in October 2025: every Japanese prime minister in order, with their number as counted by the Prime Minister's Office, party and term. Six of them did not belong to the LDP: Hosokawa, Hata, Murayama, Hatoyama, Kan and Noda. Shinzo Abe appears twice, and his total time in office is the longest in Japanese constitutional history.

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- Feb 7, 2026 · 井上 彩
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## Top 22

1. **Noboru Takeshita** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 74. Liberal Democratic Party. 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989. Prime minister when the Shōwa era gave way to Heisei; introduced the consumption tax.
2. **Sōsuke Uno** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 75. Liberal Democratic Party. 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989. Resigned after 69 days in office.
3. **Toshiki Kaifu** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 76–77. Liberal Democratic Party. 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991.
4. **Morihiro Hosokawa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 79. Japan New Party. 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994. Led an eight-party coalition that excluded the LDP.
5. **Tsutomu Hata** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 80. Japan Renewal Party. 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994. 64 days in office.
6. **Ryutaro Hashimoto** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 82–83. Liberal Democratic Party. 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998.
7. **Keizō Obuchi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 84. Liberal Democratic Party. 30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000. As chief cabinet secretary, he had announced the new era name "Heisei".
8. **Yoshirō Mori** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 85–86. Liberal Democratic Party. 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001.
9. **Junichiro Koizumi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 87–89. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 April 2001 – 26 September 2006. Carried out the privatisation of Japan Post.
10. **Shinzo Abe (first term)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 90. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007. The first prime minister born after the war.
11. **Kiichi Miyazawa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 78. Liberal Democratic Party. 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993.
12. **Tomiichi Murayama** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 81. Japan Socialist Party. 30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996. Issued the 1995 "Murayama Statement" on the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
13. **Yasuo Fukuda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 91. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008. His father, Takeo Fukuda, was also prime minister.
14. **Tarō Asō** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 92. Liberal Democratic Party. 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009.
15. **Yukio Hatoyama** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 93. Democratic Party of Japan. 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010. Took office after the change of government that brought the DPJ to power.
16. **Naoto Kan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 94. Democratic Party of Japan. 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011. Prime minister during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
17. **Yoshihiko Noda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95. Democratic Party of Japan. 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012.
18. **Shinzo Abe (second term)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96–98. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020. The longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, both consecutively and in total.
19. **Yoshihide Suga** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 99. Liberal Democratic Party. 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021. As chief cabinet secretary, he had announced the new era name "Reiwa".
20. **Fumio Kishida** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100–101. Liberal Democratic Party. 4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024.
21. **Sanae Takaichi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 104. Liberal Democratic Party. Took office 21 October 2025. Japan's first woman prime minister.
22. **Shigeru Ishiba** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 102–103. Liberal Democratic Party. 1 October 2024 – 21 October 2025.

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