For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Japan.
Prime Minister of Japan
日本国内閣総理大臣
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Incumbent Fumio Kishida since 4 October 2021
Executive branch of the Japanese government Office of the Prime Minister
Style
Naikaku sōridaijin
Type
Head of government
Member of
Cabinet National Security Council National Diet
Residence
Kantei
Seat
Tokyo
Nominator
National Diet
Appointer
Emperor
Term length
Four years or fewer, renewable indefinitely.[a]
Constituting instrument
Constitution of Japan
Precursor
Daijō-daijin of Japan
Formation
22 December 1885; 138 years ago (1885-12-22)
First holder
Itō Hirobumi
Deputy
Deputy Prime Minister
Salary
¥40,490,000/US$ 296,478 annually[1]
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The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces[2] and is a sitting member of either house of the National Diet (typically the House of Representatives). The current prime minister is Fumio Kishida of the Liberal Democratic Party, who assumed the office on 4 October 2021.[3]
The Emperor appoints as prime minister the person who is nominated by the National Diet (the parliament). The prime minister must retain the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. The prime minister lives and works at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, close to the National Diet Building.
Sixty-four men have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Itō Hirobumi taking office on 22 December 1885. The longest-serving prime minister was Shinzo Abe, who served over eight years, and the shortest-serving was Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who served eight weeks.
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^"Fumio Kishida: Japan's new prime minister takes office". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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