| Post: | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Insignia: | Goshichi no kiri.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 80px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Government of Japan |
| Incumbent: | Ken Saitō |
| Incumbentsince: | 14 December 2023 |
| Department: | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Member Of: | Cabinet of Japan National Security Council |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Nominator: | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Appointer: | Emperor of Japan |
| Appointer Qualified: | attested to by the Emperor |
| Precursor: | Minister of International Trade and Industry |
| Deputy: | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Salary: | ¥20,916,000 |
The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan.
The current minister is Ken Saitō, who took office on 14 December 2023.
| Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | width=180px | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||
| 1 | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | Yoshiro Mori | |||||
| Junichiro Koizumi | ||||||||
| 2 | September 22, 2003 | October 31, 2005 | ||||||
| 3 | Toshihiro Nikai (1st) | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | |||||
| 4 | September 26, 2006 | August 2, 2008 | Shinzō Abe | |||||
| Yasuo Fukuda | ||||||||
| (3) | Toshihiro Nikai (2nd) | August 2, 2008 | September 16, 2009 | |||||
| Tarō Asō | ||||||||
| 5 | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | ||||||
| Naoto Kan | ||||||||
| 6 | Akihiro Ohata | September 17, 2010 | January 14, 2011 | |||||
| 7 | Banri Kaieda | January 14, 2011 | September 2, 2011 | |||||
| 8 | Yoshio Hachiro | September 2, 2011 | September 11, 2011 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||||
| 9 | Yukio Edano | September 12, 2011 | December 26, 2012 | |||||
| 10 | Toshimitsu Motegi | December 26, 2012 | September 3, 2014 | Shinzō Abe | ||||
| 11 | Yūko Obuchi | September 3, 2014 | October 21, 2014 | |||||
| 12 | Yoichi Miyazawa | October 21, 2014 | October 7, 2015 | |||||
| 13 | Motoo Hayashi | October 7, 2015 | August 3, 2016 | |||||
| 14 | Hiroshige Sekō | August 3, 2016 | September 11, 2019 | |||||
| 15 | Isshu Sugawara | September 11, 2019 | October 25, 2019 | |||||
| 16 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | October 25, 2019 | October 4, 2021 | Yoshihide Suga | ||||
| 17 | Kōichi Hagiuda | October 4, 2021 | August 10, 2022 | Fumio Kishida | ||||
| 18 | Yasutoshi Nishimura | August 10, 2022 | December 14, 2023 | |||||
| 19 | Ken Saitō | December 14, 2023 | Incumbent | |||||