| 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 (副大統領様, Fukudaitōryō-sama) (spoken) Mr/Madam President (議長様, Gichō-sama) (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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Tetsu Katayama 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 | Tetsu Katayama | |||||||
| 2 | 
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Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 (1887–1959) |
6 July 1949 | 1 April 1956 | Democratic | ||||
| 1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 
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Suehiro Nishio 西尾 末広 (1891–1981) |
1956 | 1 April 1956 | 3 April 1960 | Socialist | |||
| 4 | 
|
Jōtarō Kawakami 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 | 
|
Tomomi Narita 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 | 
|
Ichio Asukata 飛鳥田 一雄 (1915–1990) |
6 July 1970 | 2 April 1972 | Socialist | ||||
| 7 | 
|
Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 (1918–1993) |
1972 | 2 April 1972 | 3 June 1975 Succeeded to the Presidency |
Liberal Democratic |  Eisaku Satō | ||
| Office vacant | 3 June – 7 July 1975 | Kakuei Tanaka | |||||||
| 8 | 
|
Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 (1907–1988) |
7 July 1975 | 4 April 1976 | Liberal Democratic | ||||
| 9 | 
|
Masashi Ishibashi 石橋 政嗣 (1924–2019) |
1976 | 4 April 1976 | 1 April 1984 | Socialist | Ichio Asukata | ||
| 1980 | |||||||||
| 10 |
|
Shin Kanemaru 金丸 信 (1914–1996) |
1984 | 1 April 1984 | 3 April 1988 | Liberal Democratic |  Yasuhiro Nakasone | ||
| 11 | 
|
Takako Doi 土井 たか子 (1928–2014) |
1988 | 3 April 1988 | 7 April 1996 | Socialist | Masashi Ishibashi | ||
| 1992 |  Tomiichi Murayama | ||||||||
| Social Democratic | |||||||||
| 12 | 
|
Junichirō Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 (born 1942) |
1996 | 7 April 1996 | 4 April 2000 | Liberal Democratic |  Ryutaro Hashimoto | ||
| 13 | 
|
Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 (born 1940) |
2000 | 4 April 2000 | 6 April 2008 | Liberal Democratic | Junichirō Koizumi | ||
| 2004 | |||||||||
| 14 | 
|
Yukio Hatoyama 鳩山 由紀夫 (born 1947) |
2008 | 6 April 2008 | 8 June 2010 Resigned |
Democratic |  Ichirō Ozawa | ||
| Office vacant | 8 June – 24 June 2010 |  Naoto Kan | |||||||
| 15 | 
|
Katsuya Okada 岡田 克也 (born 1953) |
24 June 2010 | 1 April 2012 | Democratic | ||||
| 16 | 
|
Sadakazu Tanigaki 谷垣 禎一 (born 1945) |
2012 | 1 April 2012 | 3 April 2016 | Liberal Democratic |  Yuriko Koike | ||
| 17 | 
|
Akira Nagatsuma 長妻 昭 (born 1960) |
2016 | 3 April 2016 | Incumbent | Constitutional Democratic |  Yukio Edano | ||
| 2020 | |||||||||
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