| 释义 |
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2001–)
The {{nihongo|Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|文部科学大臣|Monbu-kagaku Daijin}} is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2001–) {{legend2|{{Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color}}|Liberal Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Independent/meta/color}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Democratic Party of Japan/meta/color}}|Democratic|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister |
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days |
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| 1 | | Nobutaka Machimura | January 6, 2001 | April 26, 2001 | 2001|1|6|2001|4|26}} | | Yoshiro Mori |
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| 2 | | Atsuko Tōyama | April 26, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | 2001|4|26|2003|9|22}} | | Junichiro Koizumi |
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| 3 | | Takeo Kawamura | September 22, 2003 | September 27, 2004 | 2003|9|22|2004|9|27}} |
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| 4 | | Nariaki Nakayama | September 27, 2004 | October 31, 2005 | 2004|9|27|2005|10|31}} |
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| 5 | | Kenji Kosaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | 2005|10|31|2006|9|26}} |
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| 6 | | Bunmei Ibuki | September 26, 2006 | September 26, 2007 | 2006|9|26|2007|9|26}} | | Shinzo Abe |
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| 7 | | Kisaburo Tokai | September 26, 2007 | August 2, 2008 | 2007|9|26|2008|8|2}} | | Yasuo Fukuda |
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| 8 | | Tsuneo Suzuki | August 2, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | 2008|8|2|2008|9|24}} |
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| 9 | | Ryū Shionoya | September 24, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | 2008|9|24|2009|9|16}} | | Taro Aso |
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| 10 | | | Tatsuo Kawabata | September 16, 2009 | September 21, 2010 | {{age in days|2009|9|16|2010|9|21}} | | Yukio Hatoyama |
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| Naoto Kan |
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| 11 | | Yoshiaki Takaki | September 21, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | 2010|9|21|2011|9|2}} |
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| 12 | | Masaharu Nakagawa | September 2, 2011 | October 1, 2012 | 2011|9|2|2012|10|1}} | | Yoshihiko Noda |
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| 13 | | Makiko Tanaka | October 1, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | 2012|10|1|2012|12|26}} |
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| 14 | | Hakubun Shimomura | December 26, 2012 | October 7, 2015 | 2012|12|26|2015|10|7}} | | Shinzo Abe |
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| 15 | | Hiroshi Hase | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | 2015|10|7|2016|8|3}} |
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| 16 | | Hirokazu Matsuno | August 3, 2016 | August 2, 2017 | 2016|8|3|2017|8|2}} |
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| 17 | | Yoshimasa Hayashi | August 3, 2017 | October 2, 2018 | 2017|8|3|2018|10|2}} |
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| 18 | | Masahiko Shibayama | October 2, 2018 | Incumbent | 2018|10|2}} |
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