Every prime minister of Japan since the start of Heisei (Takeshita to Takaichi)
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Noboru Takeshita · Sōsuke Uno · Toshiki Kaifu. (Updated Feb 7, 2026.)
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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Top 22
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1
Noboru Takeshita
74. Liberal Democratic Party. 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989. Prime minister when the Shōwa era gave way to Heisei; introduced the consumption tax.
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2
Sōsuke Uno
75. Liberal Democratic Party. 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989. Resigned after 69 days in office.
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3
Toshiki Kaifu
76–77. Liberal Democratic Party. 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991.
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4
Morihiro Hosokawa
79. Japan New Party. 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994. Led an eight-party coalition that excluded the LDP.
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5
Tsutomu Hata
80. Japan Renewal Party. 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994. 64 days in office.
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6
Ryutaro Hashimoto
82–83. Liberal Democratic Party. 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998.
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7
Keizō Obuchi
84. Liberal Democratic Party. 30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000. As chief cabinet secretary, he had announced the new era name "Heisei".
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8
Yoshirō Mori
85–86. Liberal Democratic Party. 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001.
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9
Junichiro Koizumi
87–89. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 April 2001 – 26 September 2006. Carried out the privatisation of Japan Post.
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10
Shinzo Abe (first term)
90. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007. The first prime minister born after the war.
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11
Kiichi Miyazawa
78. Liberal Democratic Party. 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993.
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12
Tomiichi Murayama
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.
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13
Yasuo Fukuda
91. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008. His father, Takeo Fukuda, was also prime minister.
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14
Tarō Asō
92. Liberal Democratic Party. 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009.
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15
Yukio Hatoyama
93. Democratic Party of Japan. 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010. Took office after the change of government that brought the DPJ to power.
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16
Naoto Kan
94. Democratic Party of Japan. 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011. Prime minister during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
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17
Yoshihiko Noda
95. Democratic Party of Japan. 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012.
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18
Shinzo Abe (second term)
96–98. Liberal Democratic Party. 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020. The longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, both consecutively and in total.
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19
Yoshihide Suga
99. Liberal Democratic Party. 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021. As chief cabinet secretary, he had announced the new era name "Reiwa".
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20
Fumio Kishida
100–101. Liberal Democratic Party. 4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024.
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21
Sanae Takaichi
104. Liberal Democratic Party. Took office 21 October 2025. Japan's first woman prime minister.
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22
Shigeru Ishiba
102–103. Liberal Democratic Party. 1 October 2024 – 21 October 2025.
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