List of Prime Ministers of Japan :
| 01 | 
Itō Hirobumi |
| Term of Office | 22 December 1885 – 30 April 1888 |
| 02 |  Kuroda Kiyotaka |
| Term of Office | 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889 |
| 03 | 
Yamagata Aritomo |
| Term of Office | 24 December 1889 – 6 May 1891 |
| 04 | 
Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Term of Office | 6 May 1891 – 8 August 1892 |
| 05 |
Itō Hirobumi |
| Term of Office | 8 August 1892 – 31 August 1896 |
| 06 |
Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Term of Office | 18 September 1896 – 12 January 1898 |
| 07 |
Itō Hirobumi |
| Term of Office | 12 January 1898 – 30 June 1898 |
| 08 | 
Ōkuma Shigenobu |
| Term of Office | 30 June 1898 – 8 November 1898 |
| 09 |
Yamagata Aritomo |
| Term of Office | 8 November 1898 – 19 October 1900 |
| 10 |
Itō Hirobumi |
| Term of Office | 19 October 1900 – 10 May 1901 |
| 11 | 
Katsura Tarō |
| Term of Office | 2 June 1901 – 7 January 1906 |
| 12 |  Saionji Kinmochi |
| Term of Office | 7 January 1906 – 14 July 1908 |
| 13 |
Katsura Tarō |
| Term of Office | 14 July 1908 30 August 1911 |
| 14 |
Saionji Kinmochi |
| Term of Office | 30 August 1911 – 21 December 1912 |
| 15 |
Katsura Tarō |
| Term of Office | 21 December 1912 – 20 February 1913 |
| 16 | 
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Term of Office | 20 February 1913 – 16 April 1914 |
| 17 |
Ōkuma Shigenobu |
| Term of Office | 16 April 1914 – 9 October 1916 |
| 18 | 
Terauchi Masatake |
| Term of Office | 9 October 1916 – 29 September 1918 |
| 19 | 
Hara Takashi |
| Term of Office | 29 September 1918 – 4 November 1921 |
| 20 | 
Takahashi Korekiyo |
| Term of Office | 13 November 1921 – 12 June 1922 |
| 21 | 
Katō Tomosaburō |
| Term of Office | 12 June 1922 – 24 August 1923 |
| 22 |
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Term of Office | 2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 |
| 23 | 
Kiyoura Keigo |
| Term of Office | 7 January 1924 – 11 June 1924 |
| 24 | 
Katō Takaaki |
| Term of Office | 11 June 1924 – 28 January 1926 |
| 25 | 
Wakatsuki Reijirō |
| Term of Office | 30 January 1926 – 20 April 1927 |
| 26 | 
Tanaka Giichi |
| Term of Office | 20 April 1927 – 2 July 1929 |
| 27 | 
Osachi Hamaguchi |
| Term of Office | 2 July 1929 – 14 April 1931 |
| 28 |
Wakatsuki Reijirō |
| Term of Office | 14 April 1931 – 13 December 1931 |
| 29 | 
Inukai Tsuyoshi |
| Term of Office | 13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932 |
| 30 | 
Saitō Makoto |
| Term of Office | 26 May 1932 – 8 July 1934 |
| 31 | 
Keisuke Okada |
| Term of Office | 8 July 1934 – 9 March 1936 |
| 32 | 
Kōki Hirota |
| Term of Office | 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937 |
| 33 | 
Senjūrō Hayashi |
| Term of Office | 2 February 1937 – 4 June 1937 |
| 34 | 
Fumimaro Konoe |
| Term of Office | 4 June 1937 – 5 January 1939 |
| 35 | 
Hiranuma Kiichirō |
| Term of Office | 5 January 1939 – 30 August 1939 |
| 36 | 
Nobuyuki Abe |
| Term of Office | 30 August 1939 – 16 January 1940 |
| 37 | 
Mitsumasa Yonai |
| Term of Office | 16 January 1940 – 22 July 1940 |
| 38 |
Fumimaro Konoe |
| Term of Office | 22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941 |
| 39 | 
Hideki Tōjō |
| Term of Office | 18 October 1941 – 22 July 1944 |
| 40 | 
Kuniaki Koiso |
| Term of Office | 22 July 1944 – 7 April 1945 |
| 41 | 
Kantarō Suzuki |
| Term of Office | 7 April 1945 – 17 August 1945 |
| 42 | 
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Term of Office | 17 August 1945 – 9 October 1945 |
| 43 | 
Kijūrō Shidehara |
| Term of Office | 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946 |
| 44 | 
Shigeru Yoshida |
| Term of Office | 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947 |
| 45 | 
Tetsu Katayama |
| Term of Office | 24 May 1947 – 10 March 1948 |
| 46 | 
Hitoshi Ashida |
| Term of Office | 10 March 1948 – 15 October 1948 |
| 47 |
Shigeru Yoshida |
| Term of Office | 15 October 1948 – 10 December 1954 |
| 48 | 
Ichirō Hatoyama |
| Term of Office | 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 |
| 49 | 
Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Term of Office | 23 December 1956 – 25 February 1957 |
| 50 | 
Nobusuke Kishi |
| Term of Office | 25 February 1957 – 19 July 1960 |
| 51 | 
Hayato Ikeda |
| Term of Office | 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964 |
| 52 | 
Eisaku Satō |
| Term of Office | 9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972 |
| 53 | 
Kakuei Tanaka |
| Term of Office | 7 July 1972 – 9 December 1974 |
| 54 | 
Takeo Miki |
| Term of Office | 9 December 1974 – 24 December 1976 |
| 55 | 
Takeo Fukuda |
| Term of Office | 24 December 1976 – 7 December 1978 |
| 56 | 
Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Term of Office | 7 December 1978 – 12 June 1980 |
| 57 | 
Zenkō Suzuki |
| Term of Office | 17 July 1980 – 27 November 1982 |
| 58 | 
Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Term of Office | 27 November 1982 – 6 November 1987 |
| 59 | 
Noboru Takeshita |
| Term of Office | 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989 |
| 60 | 
Sōsuke Uno |
| Term of Office | 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989 |
| 61 | 
Toshiki Kaifu |
| Term of Office | 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991 |
| 62 | 
Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Term of Office | 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993 |
| 63 | 
Morihiro Hosokawa |
| Term of Office | 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 |
| 64 | 
Tsutomu Hata |
| Term of Office | 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 |
| 65 | 
Tomiichi Murayama |
| Term of Office | 30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996 |
| 66 | 
Ryūtarō Hashimoto |
| Term of Office | 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998 |
| 67 | 
Keizō Obuchi |
| Term of Office | 30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000 |
| 68 | 
Yoshirō Mori |
| Term of Office | 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001 |
| 69 | 
Junichirō Koizumi |
| Term of Office | 26 April 2001 – 26 September 2006 |
| 70 | 
Shinzō Abe |
| Term of Office | 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 |
| 71 | 
Yasuo Fukuda |
| Term of Office | 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 |
| 72 | 
Tarō Asō |
| Term of Office | 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 |
| 73 | 
Yukio Hatoyama |
| Term of Office | 16 September – 2009 8 June 2010 |
| 74 | 
Naoto Kan |
| Term of Office | 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011 |
| 75 | 
Yoshihiko Noda |
| Term of Office | 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 |
| 76 |
Shinzō Abe |
| Term of Office | 26 December 2012 – Incumbent |
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