| Vice President of the Republic of Japan 日本民国副大統領 | |
|---|---|
 The Vice Presidential Seal | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency (閣下, Kakka) (formal) Mr/Madam Vice President (副大統領さん, Fukudaitōryō-san) (spoken) Mr/Madam President (議長, Gichō) (within the Senate) |
| Member of | Cabinet • Senate |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | Four years, renewable |
| Formation | 21 July 1948 75 years ago |
The Vice President of the Republic of Japan (日本民国副大統領, Nippon Minkoku Fukudaitōryō) is the second-highest-ranking officer of the executive branch of the Government of Japan, after the President. The Vice President is also a member of the legislative branch, as they are the ex officio presiding officer of the Senate. In this capacity, they are referred to as the President of the Senate (参議院議長, Sangi'in Gichō).
List of Vice Presidents[]
| # | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of Office | Political Party | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Took Office | Left Office | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Katayama Tetsu 片山 哲 (1887–1978) |
1948 | 4 April 1948 | 10 February 1949 Succeeded to the Presidency |
Socialist |  Abe Isoo | ||
| Office vacant | 10 February – 6 July 1949 | Katayama Tetsu | |||||||
| 2 | 
|
Ashida Hitoshi 芦田 均 (1887–1959) |
6 July 1949 | 1 April 1956 | Democratic | ||||
| 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 
|
Nishio Suehiro 西尾 末広 (1891–1981) |
1956 | 1 April 1956 | 3 April 1960 | Socialist | |||
| 4 | 
|
Kawakami Jōtarō 河上 丈太郎 (1889–1965) |
1960 | 3 April 1960 | 3 December 1965 Died in office |
Socialist |  Mosaburō Suzuki | ||
| 1964 | |||||||||
| Office vacant | 3 December 1965 – 3 January 1966 | ||||||||
| 5 | 
|
Narita Tomomi 成田 知巳 (1912–1979) |
3 January 1966 | 7 May 1970 Succeeded to the Presidency |
Socialist | ||||
| 1968 | |||||||||
| Office vacant | 7 May – 6 July 1970 | Tomomi Narita | |||||||
| 6 | 
|
Asukata Ichio 飛鳥田 一雄 (1915–1990) |
6 July 1970 | 2 April 1972 | Socialist | ||||
| 7 | 
|
Tanaka Kakuei 田中 角榮 (1918–1993) |
1972 | 2 April 1972 | 3 June 1975 Succeeded to the Presidency |
Liberal Democratic |  Satō Eisaku | ||
| Office vacant | 3 June – 7 July 1975 | Kakuei Tanaka | |||||||
| 8 | 
|
Miki Takeo 三木 武夫 (1907–1988) |
7 July 1975 | 4 April 1976 | Liberal Democratic | ||||
| 9 | 
|
Ishibashi Masashi 石橋 政嗣 (1924–2019) |
1976 | 4 April 1976 | 1 April 1984 | Socialist | Asukata Ichio | ||
| 1980 | |||||||||
| 10 |
|
Kanemaru Shin 金丸 信 (1914–1996) |
1984 | 1 April 1984 | 3 April 1988 | Liberal Democratic |  Nakasone Yasuhiro | ||
| 11 | 
|
Doi Takako 土井 たか子 (1928–2014) |
1988 | 3 April 1988 | 7 April 1996 | Socialist | Ishibashi Masashi | ||
| 1992 |  Murayama Tomiichi | ||||||||
| Social Democratic | |||||||||
| 12 | 
|
Koizumi Junichirō 小泉 純一郎 (born 1942) |
1996 | 7 April 1996 | 4 April 2000 | Liberal Democratic |  Hashimoto Ryutaro | ||
| 13 | 
|
Asō Tarō 麻生 太郎 (born 1940) |
2000 | 4 April 2000 | 6 April 2008 | Liberal Democratic | Koizumi Junichirō | ||
| 2004 | |||||||||
| 14 | 
|
Hatoyama Yukio 鳩山 由紀夫 (born 1947) |
2008 | 6 April 2008 | 8 June 2010 Resigned |
Democratic |  Ozawa Ichirō | ||
| Office vacant | 8 June – 24 June 2010 |  Kan Naoto | |||||||
| 15 | 
|
Okada Katsuya 岡田 克也 (born 1953) |
24 June 2010 | 1 April 2012 | Democratic | ||||
| 16 | 
|
Tanigaki Sadakazu 谷垣 禎一 (born 1945) |
2012 | 1 April 2012 | 3 April 2016 | Liberal Democratic |  Koike Yuriko | ||
| 17 | 
|
Nagatsuma Akira 長妻 昭 (born 1960) |
2016 | 3 April 2016 | Incumbent | Constitutional Democratic |  Edano Yukio | ||
| 2020 | |||||||||
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