The 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.
The current minister is Tatsunori Ibayashi, who took office on September 17, 2026.
List of ministers of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (2001–)
MinisterTerm of officePrime Minister#PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDays1Chikage OogiJanuary 6, 2001September 22, 2003Yoshirō MoriJunichiro Koizumi2Nobuteru IshiharaSeptember 22, 2003September 27, 20043Kazuo KitagawaSeptember 27, 2004September 26, 20064Tetsuzo FuyushibaSeptember 26, 2006August 2, 2008Shinzō AbeYasuo Fukuda5Sadakazu TanigakiAugust 2, 2008September 24, 20086Nariaki NakayamaSeptember 24, 2008September 28, 2008Tarō Asō7Kazuyoshi KanekoSeptember 29, 2008September 16, 20098Seiji MaeharaSeptember 16, 2009September 17, 2010Yukio HatoyamaNaoto Kan9Sumio MabuchiSeptember 17, 2010January 14, 201110Akihiro OhataJanuary 14, 2011September 2, 201111Takeshi MaedaSeptember 2, 2011June 4, 2012Yoshihiko Noda12Yuichiro HataJune 4, 2012December 26, 201213Akihiro OtaDecember 26, 2012October 7, 2015Shinzō Abe14Keiichi IshiiOctober 7, 2015September 11, 201915Kazuyoshi AkabaSeptember 11, 2019October 4, 2021Yoshihide Suga16Tetsuo SaitōOctober 4, 2021November 11, 2024Fumio KishidaShigeru Ishiba17Hiromasa NakanoNovember 11, 2024October 21, 202518Yasushi KanekoOctober 21, 2025September 17, 2026Sanae Takaichi19Tatsunori IbayashiSeptember 17, 2026Incumbent
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