Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ( 農林水産省, Nōrin-suisan-shō , English Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , short: MAFF ) is a ministry with cabinet rank . The area of responsibility is agriculture and forestry, animal husbandry and fishing as well as food safety and consumer protection as well as land reclamation projects.
It is divided into the minister's secretariat and five departments. In addition, the forest authority ( 林野 庁, Rin'ya-chō ) and the fisheries authority ( 水産 庁, Suisan-chō ) are assigned to him. In the 2006 fiscal year, the MAFF with its regional offices and associated authorities had a total regular budget of 2.8 trillion yen (around 16.8 billion euros, as of 2006).
In 1881 the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade ( 農 商務 省, Nōshōmu-shō ) was founded. In 1925 it was renamed the 'Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry' ( 農林 省, Nōrin-shō ) and responsibility for trade was outsourced to a separate ministry. In 1978 it finally got its current name.
Minister ( 農林 水産 大臣 , nōrin-suisan-daijin )
| # | Surname | Kanji | cabinet | Taking office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ichirō Nakagawa | 中 川 一郎 | Takeo Fukuda (transformation) | 5th July 1978 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 2 | Michio Watanabe | 渡 邉 美智 雄 | Ōhira I | 7th Dec 1978 | |
| 3 | Kabun Mutō | 武 藤 嘉文 | Ōhira II | Nov 9, 1979 | |
| 4th | Takao Kameoka | 亀 岡 高夫 | Suzuki | 17th July 1980 | |
| 5 | Kichirō Tazawa | 田 澤 吉 郎 | Suzuki (transformation) | Nov. 30, 1981 | |
| 6th | Iwazō Kaneko | 金子 岩 三 | Nakasone I | Nov. 27, 1982 | |
| 7th | Shinjirō Yamamura | 山村 新 治郎 | Nakasone II | Dec. 27, 1983 | |
| 8th | Moriyoshi Satō | 佐藤 守 良 | Nakasone II (1st transformation) | Nov 1, 1984 | |
| 9 | Tsutomu Hata | 羽 田 孜 | Nakasone II (2nd transformation) | Dec 28, 1985 | |
| 10 | Katō Mutsuki | 加藤 六月 | Nakasone III | July 22, 1986 | |
| 11 | Takashi Sato | 佐藤 隆 | Takeshita | Nov 6, 1987 | |
| 12 | Tsutomu Hata | 羽 田 孜 | Takeshita (transformation) | Dec. 27, 1988 | |
| 13 | Hisao Horinouchi | 堀 之 内 久 男 | U.N | June 3, 1989 | |
| 14th | Michihiko Kano | 鹿野 道 彦 | Kaifu I | Aug 10, 1989 | |
| 15th | Tomio Yamamoto | 山 本 富雄 | Kaifu II | Feb 28, 1990 | |
| 16 | Motoji Kondo | 近藤 元 次 | Kaifu II (remodeling) | Dec 29, 1990 | |
| 17th | Masami Tanabu | 田 名 部 匡 省 | Miyazawa | Nov 5, 1991 | |
| Miyazawa (reshuffle) | Dec 12, 1992 | ||||
| 18th | Kiichi Miyazawa | 宮 澤 喜 一 | Aug 4, 1993 | ||
| 19th | Eijirō Hata | 畑 英 次郎 | Hosokawa | Aug 9, 1993 | Renewal Party |
| - | Tsutomu Hata (acting) | 羽 田 孜 | Hata | Apr 28, 1994 | |
| 20th | Katō Mutsuki | 加藤 六月 | Hata | Apr 28, 1994 | |
| 21st | Taichirō Ōgawara | 大河原 太 一郎 | Murayama | June 30, 1994 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 22nd | Hōsei Norota | 野 呂 田 芳 成 | Murayama (transformation) | Aug 8, 1995 | |
| 23 | Ichizō Ōhira | 大 原 一 三 | Hashimoto I | Jan. 11, 1996 | |
| 24 | Takao Fujimoto | 藤 本 孝 雄 | Hashimoto II | Nov 7, 1996 | |
| 25th | Hey Ochi | 越 智 伊 平 | Hashimoto II (remodeling) | Sep 11 1997 | |
| 26th | Yoshinobu Shimamura | 島村 宣 伸 | 26 Sep 1997 | ||
| 27 | Shōichi Nakagawa | 中 川 昭 一 | Obuchi | July 30, 1998 | |
| Obuchi (1st transformation) | Jan. 14, 1999 | ||||
| 28 | Tokuichirō Tamazawa | 玉 澤 徳 一郎 | Obuchi (2nd transformation) | Oct 5, 1999 | |
| 29 | Mori I | Apr 5, 2000 | |||
| 30th | Yōichi Tani | 谷 洋 一 | Mori II | 4th July 2000 | |
| 31 | Yoshio Yatsu | 谷 津 義 男 | Mori II (reshuffle) | Dec 5, 2000 | |
| 32 | Mori II (reshuffle) (restructuring of the central government) |
Jan. 6, 2001 | |||
| 33 | Tsutomu Takebe | 武 部 勤 | Koizumi I | Apr 26, 2001 | |
| 34 | Tadamori Ōshima | 大 島 理 森 | Koizumi I (1st transformation) | Sep 30 2002 | |
| 35 | Yoshiyuki Kamei | 亀 井 善 之 | Apr 1, 2003 | ||
| Koizumi I (2nd transformation) | 22 Sep 2003 | ||||
| 36 | Koizumi II | Nov 19, 2003 | |||
| 37 | Yoshinobu Shimamaura | 島村 宣 伸 | Koizumi II (remodeling) | July 19, 2004 | |
| 38 | Jun'ichirō Koizumi | 小泉 純 一郎 | Aug 8, 2005 | ||
| 39 | Mineichi Iwanaga | 岩 永 峯 一 | Aug 11, 2005 | ||
| 40 | Koizumi III | 21 Sep 2005 | |||
| 41 | Shōichi Nakagawa | 中 川 昭 一 | Koizumi III (transformation) | Oct 31, 2005 | |
| 42 | Toshikatsu Matsuoka | 松岡 利 勝 | Abe I | 26 Sep 2006 | |
| - | Masatoshi Wakabayashi (acting) | 若 林 正 俊 | May 28, 2007 | ||
| 43 | Norihiko Akagi | 赤城 徳 彦 | June 1, 2007 | ||
| 44 | Masatoshi Wakabayashi | 若 林 正 俊 | Aug 1, 2007 | ||
| 45 | Takehiko Endo | 遠藤 武 彦 | Abe I (reshuffle) | Aug 27, 2007 | |
| - | Akira Amari (acting) | 甘 利 明 | 3rd Sep 2007 | ||
| 46 | Masatoshi Wakabayashi | 若 林 正 俊 | 4th Sep 2007 | ||
| 47 | Yasuo Fukuda | 26 Sep 2007 | |||
| 48 | Seiichi Ōta | 太 田 誠 一 | Yasuo Fukuda (transformation) | Aug 2, 2008 | |
| - | Nobutaka Machimura (acting) | 町 村 信 孝 | 19 Sep 2008 | ||
| 49 | Shigeru Ishiba | 石 破 茂 | Asō | Sep 24 2008 | |
| 50 | Hirotaka Akamatsu | 赤松 広 隆 | Hatoyama | 16 Sep 2009 | Democratic Party |
| 51 | Masahiko Yamada | 山田 正彦 | Can | June 8, 2010 | |
| 52 | Michihiko Kano | 鹿野 道 彦 |
Kan (1st transformation) Kan (2nd transformation) |
17 Sep 2010 | |
| 53 |
Noda Noda (1st transformation) |
Feb 9, 2011 | |||
| 54 | Akira Gunji | 郡 司 彰 |
Noda (2nd transformation) Noda (3rd transformation) |
June 4, 2011 | |
| 55 | Yoshimasa Hayashi | 林 芳 正 | Abe II | Dec 26, 2012 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 56 | Kōya Nishikawa | 西川 公 也 | Abe II (reshuffle) | 3rd Sep 2014 | |
| 57 | Abe III | Dec 24, 2014 | |||
| 58 | Yoshimasa Hayshi | 林 芳 正 | Abe III | 23 Feb 2015 | |
| 59 | Hiroshi Moriyama | 森 山 裕 | Abe III (1st transformation) | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| 60 | Yūji Yamamoto | 山 本 有 二 | Abe III (2nd transformation) | Aug 3, 2016 | |
| 61 | Ken Saitō | 齋藤 健 | Abe III (3rd transformation) | 3rd Aug 2017 | |
| 62 | Abe IV | Nov 1, 2017 | |||
| 63 | Takamori Yoshikawa | 吉川 貴 盛 | Abe IV (1st transformation) | Oct 2, 2018 | |
| 64 | Taku Etō | 江 藤 拓 | Abe IV (2nd transformation) | Sep 11 2019 |
Web links
- Official website (Japanese, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ministry of Finance: Conclusion of the regular budget for fiscal year 2006, p. 57 ff.
- ↑ http://www.maff.go.jp/e/about/official/min.html
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 26.3 " N , 139 ° 45 ′ 6.1" E