| Portrait | Prime Minister (Life span) |
Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days |
Party | Government | Emperor (Reign) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Prince Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 (1891–1945) |
4 June 1937 |
5 January 1939 |
— | None | 34. Konoe I | Shōwa.jpg) (1926–1989) | |
| 1 year and 216 days | ||||||||
|
Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma 平沼 騏一郞 (1867–1952) |
5 January 1939 |
30 August 1939 |
— | None | 35. Hiranuma | ||
| 238 days | ||||||||
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Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 (1875–1953) |
30 August 1939 |
16 January 1940 |
— | Military (Army) |
36. N. Abe | ||
| 140 days | ||||||||
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Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 (1880–1948) |
16 January 1940 |
22 July 1940 |
— | Military (Navy) |
37. Yonai | ||
| 189 days | ||||||||
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Prince Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 (1891–1945) |
22 July 1940 |
18 October 1941 |
— | None | 38. Konoe II | ||
| Taisei Yokusankai | ||||||||
| 1 year and 89 days | 39. Konoe III | |||||||
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Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 (1884–1948) |
18 October 1941 |
22 July 1944 |
— | Taisei Yokusankai | 40. Tōjō | ||
| 1942 | ||||||||
| 2 years and 279 days | ||||||||
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Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 (1880–1950) |
22 July 1944 |
7 April 1945 |
— | Taisei Yokusankai | 41. Koiso | ||
| 260 days | ||||||||
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Baron Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郞 (1868–1948) |
7 April 1945 |
17 August 1945 |
— | Taisei Yokusankai | 42. K. Suzuki | ||
| 133 days | None | |||||||
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Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni 東久邇宮稔彦王 (1887–1990) |
17 August 1945 |
9 October 1945 |
— | Imperial Family | 43. Higashikuni | ||
| 54 days | ||||||||
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Baron Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郞 (1872–1951) |
9 October 1945 |
22 May 1946 |
— | Progressive | 44. Shidehara | ||
| 226 days | ||||||||
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Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 (1878–1967) |
22 May 1946 |
24 May 1947 |
1946 | Liberal | 45. Yoshida I | ||
| 1 year and 3 days | ||||||||
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Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Rep for Kanagawa 3rd (1887–1978) |
24 May 1947 |
10 March 1948 |
1947 | Socialist | 46. Katayama | ||
| 292 days | ||||||||
|
Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Rep for Kyōto 2nd (1887–1959) |
10 March 1948 |
15 October 1948 |
— | Democratic | 47. Ashida | ||
| 220 days | ||||||||
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Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Rep for Kōchi At-large (1878–1967) |
15 October 1948 |
10 December 1954 |
— | Democratic Liberal | 48. Yoshida II | ||
| 1949 | 49. Yoshida III | |||||||
| Liberal | ||||||||
| 1952 | 50. Yoshida IV | |||||||
| 1953 | 51. Yoshida IV | |||||||
| 6 years and 57 days | ||||||||
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Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Rep for Tokyo 1st (1883–1959) |
10 December 1954 |
23 December 1956 |
— | Democratic | 52. Hatoyama I. I | ||
| 1955 | 53. Hatoyama I. II | |||||||
| — | Liberal Democratic | 54. Hatoyama I. III | ||||||
| 2 years and 14 days | ||||||||
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Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 Rep for Shizuoka 2nd (1884–1973) |
23 December 1956 |
25 February 1957 |
— | Liberal Democratic | 55. Ishibashi | ||
| 65 days | ||||||||
| Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd (1896–1987) |
25 February 1957 |
19 July 1960 |
— | Liberal Democratic | 56. Kishi I | |||
| 1958 | 57. Kishi II | |||||||
| 3 years and 146 days | ||||||||
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Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Rep for Hiroshima 2nd (1899–1965) |
19 July 1960 |
9 November 1964 |
— | Liberal Democratic | 58. Ikeda I | ||
| 1960 | 59. Ikeda II | |||||||
| 1963 | 60. Ikeda III | |||||||
| 4 years and 114 days | ||||||||
