The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣 Hōmu Daijin) is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Internal Affairs and Communications. The post has been held by Tatsuo Kawabata since 2 September 2011.
| # | Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Cabinet |
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| 1 | Toranosuke Katayama | January 6, 2001 | September 22, 2003 | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
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| 2 | Taro Aso | September 22, 2003 | October 31, 2005 | Junichiro Koizumi | |
| 3 | Heizō Takenaka | October 31, 2005 | September 26, 2006 | Junichiro Koizumi | |
| 4 | Yoshihide Suga | September 26, 2006 | August 27, 2007 | Shinzō Abe | |
| 5 | Hiroya Masuda | August 27, 2007 | September 24, 2008 | Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
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| 6 | Kunio Hatoyama | September 24, 2008 | June 12, 2009 | Taro Aso | |
| 7 | Tsutomu Sato | June 12, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | Taro Aso | |
| 8 | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | September 16, 2009 | September 17, 2010 | Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan |
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| 9 | Yoshihiro Katayama | September 17, 2010 | September 2, 2011 | Naoto Kan | |
| 10 | Tatsuo Kawabata | September 2, 2011 | Yoshihiko Noda | ||
| Reference: http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_sosiki/annai/soshiki/rekidai.html | |||||
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