| Kabun Mutō | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Primeminister: | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Term Start: | 7 April 1993 |
| Term End: | 9 August 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Michio Watanabe |
| Successor: | Tsutomu Hata |
| Office2: | Minister of International Trade and Industry |
| Primeminister2: | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Term Start2: | 28 February 1990 |
| Term End2: | 29 December 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Hikaru Matsunaga |
| Successor2: | Eiichi Nakao |
| Office3: | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Primeminister3: | Masayoshi Ōhira Masayoshi Ito (acting) |
| Term Start3: | 9 November 1979 |
| Term End3: | 17 July 1980 |
| Predecessor3: | Michio Watanabe |
| Successor3: | Takao Kameoka |
| Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency4: | Gifu 1st (1967–1996) Gifu 3rd (1996–2005) |
| Term Start4: | 30 January 1967 |
| Term End4: | 8 August 2005 |
| Predecessor4: | Multi-member district |
| Successor4: | Yoji Muto |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Kyoto University |
| Father: | Kaichi Muto |
| Children: | Yoji Muto |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic |
was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for a brief period in 1993.
Mutō was born in Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture in 1926. He studied at the Kyoto University. He was later elected to the House of Representatives of Japan.
Mutō founded and directed a minority studies group serving the Japanese government. Mutō replaced Michio Watanabe as Minister for Foreign Affairs.[1] After his stint as Foreign Minister, Mutō would later hold positions at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He subsequently retired from politics in 2005.
In March 1993 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, for service to Australia–Japan relations.[2]
Mutō died in a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer on 4 November 2009, at age 82.[3]
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