Deputy Prime Minister of Japan

Deputy Prime Minister of Japan 副総理 Fuku-sōri
Emblem of the Government of Japan
Incumbent Tarō Asō since 26 December 2012
Appointer	The Emperor on advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Kijūrō Shidehara
Formation	3 May 1947

The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (副総理, Fuku-sōri) is a senior member of the Cabinet of Japan. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister.

Deputy prime minister possesses no special powers as such, though they will always have particular responsibilities in government. They do not automatically succeed the Prime Minister, should the latter be incapacitated or resign from the leadership of his or her political party. In practice, however, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power.

The current Deputy Prime Minister is Tarō Asō, who took the post on 26 December 2012.

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Lists of Deputy Prime Ministers of Japan

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Deputy Prime Minister		Term of office			Prime Minister
Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Prime Minister
	Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951)	3 May 1947	24 May 1947	21		Shigeru Yoshida
Office not in use		1947		8		Tetsu Katayama
	Hitoshi Ashida 芦田均 Ashida Hitoshi (1887–1959)	1 June 1947	10 March 1948	283		Tetsu Katayama
	Suehiro Nishio 西尾末広 Nishio Suehiro (1891-1981)	10 March 1948	6 July 1948	118		Hitoshi Ashida
Office not in use		1948		87		Hitoshi Ashida
	Jōji Hayashi 林譲治 Hayashi Jōji (1889-1960)	19 October 1948	13 March 1951	875		Shigeru Yoshida
Office not in use		1951-1952		626
	Taketora Ogata 緒方竹虎 Ogata Taketora (1888-1956)	28 November 1952	10 December 1954	742
	Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 Shigemitsu Mamoru (1887-1957)	10 December 1954	23 December 1956	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
	Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 Shigemitsu Mamoru (1887-1957)	10 December 1954	23 December 1956	744		Ichirō Hatoyama
Office not in use		1956-1957		148		Tanzan Ishibashi
	Mitsujirō Ishii 石井光次郎 Ishii Mitsujirō (1889-1981)	20 May 1957	12 June 1958	388		Nobusuke Kishi
Office not in use		1958-1959		371
	Shūji Masutani 益谷秀次 Masutani Shūji (1888-1978)	18 June 1959	19 July 1960	397
Office not in use		1960-1972		4424		Hayato Ikeda
						Eisaku Satō

	Takeo Miki 三木武夫 Miki Takeo (1907-1988)	29 August 1972	12 July 1974	682		Kakuei Tanaka
Office not in use		1974		150		Kakuei Tanaka
	Takeo Fukuda 福田赳夫 Fukuda Takeo (1905-1995)	9 December 1974	6 November 1976	698		Takeo Miki
Office not in use		1976-1980		1313
						Takeo Fukuda

	Masayoshi Ito 伊東正義 Itō Masayoshi (1913-1994)	11 June 1980	17 July 1980	36		Masayoshi Ōhira
Office not in use		1980-1986		2196		Zenkō Suzuki
Office not in use		1980-1986		2196
	Shin Kanemaru 金丸信 Kanemaru Shin (1914-1996)	22 July 1986	6 November 1987	472		Yasuhiro Nakasone
	Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi (1919-2007)	6 November 1987	9 December 1988	399		Noboru Takeshita
Office not in use		1988-1991		1061
						Sōsuke Uno
						Toshiki Kaifu
	Michio Watanabe 渡辺美智雄 Watanabe Michio (1923-1995)	5 November 1991	7 April 1993	519		Kiichi Miyazawa
	Masaharu Gotōda 後藤田正晴 Gotōda Masaharu (1914-2005)	8 April 1993	9 August 1993	123		Kiichi Miyazawa
	Tsutomu Hata 羽田孜 Hata Tsutomu (1935-)	9 August 1993	28 April 1994	262		Morihiro Hosokawa
Office not in use		1994		63		Tsutomu Hata
	Yōhei Kōno 河野洋平 Kōno Yōhei (1937-)	30 June 1994	2 October 1995	459		Tomiichi Murayama
	Ryutaro Hashimoto 橋本龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937-2006)	2 October 1995	11 January 1996	101		Tomiichi Murayama
	Wataru Kubo 久保亘 Kubo Wataru (1929-2003)	11 January 1996	7 November 1996	301		Ryutaro Hashimoto
Office not in use		1996-2009		4696
						Keizō Obuchi
						Yoshirō Mori
						Junichiro Koizumi
						Shinzō Abe
						Yasuo Fukuda
						Tarō Asō
	Naoto Kan 菅直人 Kan Naoto (1946-)	16 September 2009	8 June 2010	265		Yukio Hatoyama
Office not in use		2010-2012		584		Naoto Kan
Office not in use		2010-2012		584
	Katsuya Okada 岡田克也 Okada Katsuya (1953-)	13 January 2012	26 December 2012	348		Yoshihiko Noda
	Tarō Asō 麻生太郎 Asō Tarō (1940-)	26 December 2012	Incumbent	1084		Shinzō Abe

References

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, ISBN 4-7674-2015-6

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