Previous Ministers

Ministers of Defense

Mr. KIHARA Minoru
September 2023 to October 2024

Mr. HAMADA Yasukazu
August 2022 to September 2023

Mr. KISHI Nobuo
September 2020 to August 2022

Mr. KONO Taro
September 2019 to September 2020

Mr. IWAYA Takeshi
October 2018 to September 2019

Mr. ONODERA Itsunori
August 2017 to October 2018

State Ministers of Defense

Mr. ONIKI Makoto
December 2023 to November 2024

Mr. MIYAZAWA Hiroyuki
September 2023 to December 2023

Mr. INO Toshiro
August 2022 to September 2023

Mr. ONIKI Makoto
October 2021 to August 2022

Mr. NAKAYAMA Yasuhide
September 2020 to October 2021

Mr. YAMAMOTO Tomohiro
September 2019 to September 2020

Parliamentary Vice-Ministers of Defense

Mr. MIYAKE Shingo
September 2023 to November 2024

Mr. MATSUMOTO Hisashi
September 2023 to November 2024

Mr. KIMURA Jiro
August 2022 to September 2023

Ms. ONODA Kimi
August 2022 to September 2023

Mr. NAKASONE Yasutaka
November 2021 to August 2022

Mr. IWAMOTO Tsuyohito
October 2021 to August 2022

Mr. ONISHI Hiroyuki
September 2020 to November 2021

Ms. MATSUKAWA Rui
September 2020 to October 2021

Mr. WATANABE Koichi
September 2019 to September 2020

Mr. IWATA Kazuchika
September 2019 to September 2020