Lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan explained

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan. Sixty-five men have served as the prime minister of Japan since the office came into existence in 1885. They are listed in order of office.

Graphical representation

The following chart shows prime ministers by their age (living prime ministers in green), with the years of their premiership in blue.

List of prime ministers

Key to table


a   indicates the prime minister died in office.
No.
Name
Born
Date of appointment (first)AgeEnd of service (final)AgeTime in officePost - premiership/Time period between two non-consecutive tenures (in italics)
DeathLifespan
1(Tenure 1)1841 10, df=yes44-06700,860 days
(days)
21840 11, df=yes47-17300,543 days
(days)
3(Tenure 1)1838 6, df=yes51-19300,498 days
(days)
4(Tenure 1)1835 3, df=yes56-04400,460 days
(days)
(1.)(Tenure 2)1841 10, df=yes50-29701,484 days
(days)
(4.)(Tenure 2)1835 3, df=yes61-17900,481 days
(days)
(1.)(Tenure 3)1841 10, df=yes56-08800,169 days
(days)
5(Tenure 1)1838 3, df=yes60-11100,131 days
(days)
(3.)(Tenure 2)1838 6, df=yes60-14700,710 days
(days)
(1.)(Tenure 4)1841 10, df=yes59-00300,203 days
(days)
6(Tenure 1)1848 1, df=yes53-14901,680 days
(days)
7(Tenure 1)1849 12, df=yes56-03100,919 days
(days)
(6.)(Tenure 2)1848 1, df=yes60-19201,142 days
(days)
(7.)(Tenure 2)1849 12, df=yes61-26600,479 days
(days)
(6.)(Tenure 3)1848 1, df=yes64-35200,061 days
(days)
8(Tenure 1)1852 11, df=yes60-08600,420 days
(days)
(5.)(Tenure 2)1838 3, df=yes76-03600,907 days
(days)
91852 2, df=yes64-22800,720 days
(days)
101856 3, df=yes62-19801,132 daysa
(days)
111853 9, df=yes67-05500,941 days26 February 1936
(days)
121861 4, df=yes61-07200,438 daysa
(days)
(8.)(Tenure 2)1852 11, df=yes70-28000,127 days
(days)
131850 3, df=yes73-28600,156 days
(days)
141860 1, df=yes64-13800,596 daysa
(days)
15(Tenure 1)1866 3, df=yes59-31500,445 days
(days)
161864 7, df=yes62-26900,804 days
(days)
171870 5, df=yes59-06200,651 days
(days)
(15.)(Tenure 2)1866 3, df=yes65-02400,243 days
(days)
181855 6, df=yes76-19200,154 days15 May 1932a
(days)
191858 12, df=yes73-17600,773 days26 February 1936
(days)
201868 2, df=yes66-14400,610 days
(days)
211878 2, df=yes58-02400,330 days23 December 1948
(days)
221876 2, df=yes60-34500,122 days
(days)
23(Tenure 1)1891 10, df=yes45-23500,580 days
(days)
241867 10, df=yes71-07200,237 days
(days)
251875 11, df=yes63-27900,139 days
(days)
261880 3, df=yes59-32000,188 days
(days)
(23.)(Tenure 2)1891 10, df=yes48-28400,454 days
(days)
271884 12, df=yes56-29201,008 days23 December 1948
(days)
281880 3, df=yes64-12200,259 days
(days)
291868 1, df=yes77-07900,132 days
(days)
301887 12, df=yes57-25700,053 days
(days)
311872 9, df=yes73-02600,225 days
(days)
32(Tenure 1)1878 9, df=yes67-24200,367 days
(days)
331887 7, df=yes59-30000,291 days
(days)
341887 11, df=yes60-11600,219 days
(days)
(32.)(Tenure 2)1878 9, df=yes70-02302,614 days
(days)
351883 1, df=yes71-34300,744 days
(days)
361884 9, df=yes72-08900,064 days
(days)
371896 11, df=yes60-10401,240 days
(days)
381899 12, df=yes60-22901,574 days
(days)
391901 3, df=yes63-22702,797 days
(days)
401918 5, df=yes54-06400,885 days
(days)
411907 3, df=yes67-26700,746 days
(days)
421905 1, df=yes71-34500,713 days
(days)
431910 3, df=yes68-27000,553 daysa
(days)
441911 1, df=yes69-18800,863 days
(days)
451918 5, df=yes64-18401,805 days
(days)
461924 2, df=yes63-25300,575 days
(days)
471922 8, df=yes66-28000,068 days
(days)
481931 1, df=yes58-22000,817 days
(days)
491919 10, df=yes72-02800,643 days
(days)
501938 1, df=yes55-20700,262 days
(days)
511935 8, df=yes58-24700,063 days
(days)
521924 3, df=yes70-11900,560 days
(days)
531937 7, df=yes58-16600,931 days
(days)
541937 6, df=yes61-03500,615 days
(days)
551937 7, df=yes62-26600,386 days
(days)
561942 1, df=yes59-10801,979 days
(days)
57(Tenure 1)1954 9, df=yes52-00500,365 days8 July 2022
(days)
581936 7, df=yes71-07200,364 days
(days)
591940 9, df=yes68-00400,357 days
(days)
601947 2, df=yes62-21700,265 days
(days)
611946 10, df=yes63-24100,451 days
(days)
621957 5, df=yes54-10500,481 days
(days)
(57.)(Tenure 2)1954 9, df=yes58-09602,823 days8 July 2022
(days)
631948 12, df=yes71-28500,383 days
(days)
641957 7, df=yes64-06701,093 days
(days)
651957 2, df=yes67-240Incumbent0 days
(days)
No.NameBornDate (first appointment)AgeEnd of serviceAgeTime in officePost - premiership/Time period between two non-consecutive tenures (in italics)Date of deathLifespan

Living prime ministers

+Living prime ministers of Japan (as of October 2024)Prime MinisterDate of birthPremiership
Tomiichi Murayama1924 3, df=yes1994 - 1996
Yasuo Fukuda1936 7, df=yes2007 - 2008
Yoshirō Mori1937 7, df=yes2000 - 2001
Morihiro Hosokawa1938 1, df=yes1993 - 1994
Tarō Asō1940 9, df=yes2008 - 2009
Junichiro Koizumi1942 1, df=yes2001 - 2006
Naoto Kan1946 10, df=yes2010 - 2011
Yukio Hatoyama1947 2, df=yes2009 - 2010
Yoshihide Suga1948 12, df=yes2020 - 2021
Shigeru Ishiba1957 2, df=yes2024 - present
Yoshihiko Noda1957 5, df=yes2011 - 2012
Fumio Kishida1957 7, df=yes2021 - 2024

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