Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣, Kousei-Rodou Daijin) is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Takamaro Fukuoka since 1 October 2024
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet of Japan
Reports to	Prime Minister of Japan
Nominator	Prime Minister of Japan
Appointer	Emperor of Japan attested to by the Emperor
Precursor	Minister of Health Minister of Labor
Formation	January 6, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-06)
Deputy	State Minister of Health and Labour
Salary	¥20,916,000

Minister Takamaro Fukuoka took office on 1 October 2024.

List of ministers of health, labour and welfare (2001–)

  Liberal Democratic
  Democratic
  Komeito

Minister				Term of office			Prime Minister
#	Portrait		Name	Took office	Left office	Days
1			Chikara Sakaguchi	January 6, 2001	September 27, 2004	1360		Yoshirō Mori
								Junichiro Koizumi
2			Hidehisa Otsuji	September 27, 2004	October 31, 2005	399
3			Jirō Kawasaki	October 31, 2005	September 26, 2006	330
4			Hakuo Yanagisawa	September 26, 2006	August 27, 2007	335		Shinzō Abe
5			Yōichi Masuzoe	August 27, 2007	September 16, 2009	751
								Yasuo Fukuda
								Tarō Asō
6			Akira Nagatsuma	September 16, 2009	September 17, 2010	366		Yukio Hatoyama
								Naoto Kan
7			Ritsuo Hosokawa	September 17, 2010	September 2, 2011	350
8			Yoko Komiyama	September 2, 2011	October 1, 2012	395		Yoshihiko Noda
9			Wakio Mitsui	October 1, 2012	December 26, 2012	86
10			Norihisa Tamura	December 26, 2012	September 3, 2014	616		Shinzō Abe
11			Yasuhisa Shiozaki	September 3, 2014	August 3, 2017	1065
12			Katsunobu Katō	August 3, 2017	October 2, 2018	425
13			Takumi Nemoto	October 2, 2018	September 11, 2019	344
(12)			Katsunobu Katō	September 11, 2019	September 16, 2020	371
(10)			Norihisa Tamura	September 16, 2020	October 4, 2021	383		Yoshihide Suga
14			Shigeyuki Goto	October 4, 2021	August 10, 2022	310		Fumio Kishida
(12)			Katsunobu Katō	August 10, 2022	September 13, 2023	399
15			Keizō Takemi	September 13, 2023	October 1, 2024	384
16			Takamaro Fukuoka	October 1, 2024	Incumbent	325		Shigeru Ishiba