Ministry of Environment (Japan)
The central government building no. 5 in Kasumigaseki , Chiyoda houses the Environment Ministry and the Health Ministry .
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment ( Japanese 環境 省 , Kankyō-shō ) was created in 2001 through the upgrading of the environmental agency established in 1971 ( 環境 庁 , kankyō-chō ) with a cabinet ranked as a ministry (- 省 , -shō ). In addition to the ministerial secretariat, it consists of the departments for: general environmental policy, global environment, water & atmosphere and nature conservation. The latter is also responsible for the national parks . With 227 billion yen (around 1.3 billion euros ) in the regular budget for fiscal year 2006, it is the ministry with the smallest budget.
minister
| Minister of State, Head of the Environment Agency ( 国務 大臣 環境 庁 長官 , kokumu-daijin kankyō-cho chōkan ) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Surname | Kanji | cabinet | Taking office | Political party |
| 1 | Sadanori Yamanaka | 山 中 貞 則 | Satō III | July 1, 1971 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 2 | Buichi Ōishi | 大石 武 一 | Satō III (transformation) | 5th July 1971 | |
| 3 | Osanori Koyama | 小山 長 規 | Tanaka I | July 7, 1972 | |
| 4th | Takeo Miki | 三 木 武夫 |
Tanaka II Tanaka II (1st transformation) |
Dec 22, 1972 | |
| 5 | Matsuhei Mōri | 毛利 松 平 |
Tanaka II (1st transformation) Tanaka II (2nd transformation) |
July 12, 1974 | |
| 6th | Tatsuo Ozawa | 小 沢 辰 男 | Miki | Dec 9, 1974 | |
| 7th | Shigesada Marumo | 丸 茂 重 貞 | Miki (transformation) | Sep 15 1976 | |
| 8th | Shintaro Ishihara | 石 原 慎 太郎 | Fukuda | Dec. 24, 1976 | |
| 9 | Hisanari Yamada | 山田 久 就 | Fukuda (reshuffle) | Nov 28, 1977 | |
| 10 | Sen'ichirō Uemura | 上 村 千 一郎 | Ōhira I | 7th Dec 1978 | |
| 11 | Yoshihiko Tsuchiya | 土屋 義彦 | Ōhira II | Nov 9, 1979 | |
| 12 | Hyōsuke Kujiraoka | 鯨 岡 兵 輔 | Suzuki | 17th July 1980 | |
| 13 | Bun'ee Hara | 原 文 兵衛 | Suzuki (transformation) | Nov. 30, 1981 | |
| 14th | Matazō Kajiki | 梶 木 又 三 | Nakasone I | Nov. 27, 1982 | |
| 15th | Minoru Ueda | 上 田 稔 | Nakasone II | Dec. 27, 1983 | |
| 16 | Shigeru Ishimoto | 石 本 茂 | Nakasone II (1st transformation) | Nov 1, 1984 | |
| 17th | Yoshihide Mori | 森 美 秀 | Nakasone II (2nd transformation) | Dec 28, 1985 | |
| 18th | Toshiyuki Inamura | 稲 村 利 幸 | Nakasone III | July 22, 1986 | |
| 19th | Toshio Horiuchi | 堀 内 俊 夫 | Takeshita | Nov 6, 1987 | |
| 20th | Masahisa Aoki | 青木 正 久 | Takeshita (transformation) | Dec. 27, 1988 | |
| 21st | Tatsuo Yamazaki | 山崎 竜 男 | U.N | June 3, 1989 | |
| 22nd | Mayumi Moriyama | 森 山 眞 弓 | Kaifu I | Aug 10, 1989 | |
| 23 | Setsu Shiga | 志 賀 節 | Aug 28, 1989 | ||
| 24 | Ishimatsu Kitagawa | 北 川 石松 | Kaifu II | Feb 28, 1990 | |
| 25th | Kazuo Aichi | 愛 知 和 男 | Kaifu II (remodeling) | Dec 29, 1990 | |
| 26th | Shōzaburō Nakamura | 中 村 正 三郎 | Miyazawa | Nov 5, 1991 | |
| 27 | Taiken Hayashi | 林 大幹 | Miyazawa (reshuffle) | Dec 12, 1992 | |
| 28 | Wakako Hironaka | 広 中 和 歌子 | Hosokawa | Aug 9, 1993 | Kōmeitō |
| - | Tsutomu Hata | 羽 田 孜 | Hata | Apr 28, 1994 | Shinseitō |
| 29 | Toshiko Hamayotsu | 浜 四 津 敏 子 | Apr 28, 1994 | Kōmeitō | |
| 30th | Shin Sakurai | 桜 井 新 | Murayama | June 30, 1994 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 31 | Sōhei Miyashita | 宮 下 創 平 | Aug 14, 1994 | ||
| 32 | Tadamori Ōshima | 大 島 理 森 | Murayama (transformation) | Aug 8, 1995 | |
| 33 | Sukio Iwatare | 岩 垂 寿 喜 男 | Hashimoto I | Jan. 11, 1996 |
Socialist Party of Japan → Social Democratic Party |
| 34 | Michiko Ishii | 石井 道 子 | Hashimoto II | Nov 7, 1996 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 35 | Hiroshi Ōki | 大 木 浩 | Hashimoto II (remodeling) | Sep 11 1997 | |
| 36 | Kenji Manabe | 真 鍋 賢 二 |
Obuchi Obuchi (1st transformation) |
July 30, 1998 | |
| 37 | Kayoko Shimizu | 清水 嘉 与 子 | Obuchi (2nd transformation) | Oct 5, 1999 | |
| 38 | Mori I | Apr 5, 2000 | |||
| 39 | Yoriko Kawaguchi | 川口 順子 |
Mori II Mori II (remodeling) |
4th July 2000 | |
| Environment Minister ( 環境 大臣 , kankyō-daijin ) | |||||
| # | Surname | Kanji | cabinet | Taking office | Political party |
| 1 | Yoriko Kawaguchi | 川口 順子 | Mori II (reshuffle) | Jan. 6, 2001 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 2 | Koizumi I | Apr 26, 2001 | |||
| 3 | Hiroshi Ōki | 大 木 浩 | Feb 8, 2002 | ||
| 4th | Shun'ichi Suzuki | 鈴木 俊 一 | Koizumi I (1st transformation) | Sep 30 2002 | |
| 5 | Yuriko Koike | 小池 百合 子 | Koizumi I (2nd transformation) | 22 Sep 2003 | |
| 6th |
Koizumi II Koizumi II (transformation) |
Nov 19, 2003 | |||
| 7th |
Koizumi III Koizumi III (transformation) |
21 Sep 2005 | |||
| 8th | Masatoshi Wakabayashi | 若 林 正 俊 | Abe I | 26 Sep 2006 | |
| 9 | Ichirō Kamoshita | 鴨 下 一郎 | Abe I (reshuffle) | Aug 27, 2007 | |
| 10 | Fukuda | 26 Sep 2007 | |||
| 11 | Tetsuo Saitō | 斉 藤 鉄 夫 | Fukuda (reshuffle) | Aug 2, 2008 | Kōmeitō |
| 12 | Asō | Sep 24 2008 | |||
| 13 | Sakihito Ozawa | 小 沢 鋭 仁 | Hatoyama | 16 Sep 2009 | Democratic Party |
| 14th | Can | June 8, 2010 | |||
| 15th | Ryu Matsumoto | 松本 龍 |
Kan (1st transformation) Kan (2nd transformation) |
17 Sep 2010 | |
| 16 | Satsuki Eda | 江 田 五月 | June 27, 2011 | ||
| 17th | Goshi Hosono | 細 野 豪 志 |
Noda Noda (1st transformation) Noda (2nd transformation) |
Sep 2 2011 | |
| 18th | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 長 浜 博 行 | Noda (3rd transformation) | Oct. 1, 2012 | |
| 19th | Nobuteru Ishihara | 石 原 伸 晃 | Abe II | Dec 26, 2012 | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 20th | Yoshio Mochizuki | 望月 義夫 | Abe II (reshuffle) | 3rd Sep 2014 | |
| 21st | Abe III | Dec 24, 2014 | |||
| 22nd | Tamayo Marukawa | 丸 川 珠 代 | Abe III (1st transformation) | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| 23 | Kōichi Yamamoto | 山 本 公 一 | Abe III (2nd transformation) | Aug 3, 2016 | |
| 24 | Masaharu Nakagawa | 中 川雅 治 | Abe III (3rd transformation) | 3rd Aug 2017 | |
| 25th | Abe IV | Nov 1, 2017 | |||
| 26th | Yoshiaki Harada | 原 田義昭 | Abe IV (1st transformation) | Oct 2, 2018 | |
| 27 | Shinjirō Koizumi | 小泉 進 次郎 | Abe IV (2nd transformation) | Sep 11 2019 | |
Web links
Commons : Ministry of the Environment - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Japanese, English)
Individual evidence
Japanese ministries
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 24.4 " N , 139 ° 45 ′ 11.5" E