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The prime ministership of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was prime minister for fifty-four days in 1945, was the shortest in Japanese history. Shinzo Abe served the longest, with eight years over two non-consecutive periods. The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed office on 1 October 2024. [1]
Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the longest-serving prime minister in the Imperial period (1885–1947) and the only person to have served on three separate occasions.
2007: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposes the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a strategic security dialogue between Japan, the United States, Australia and India. March 11, 2011: At 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC ), an undersea megathrust earthquake occurs in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region ...
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan. Sixty-five men have served as the prime minister of Japan since the office came into existence in 1885. They are listed in order of office.
Order Cabinet Dates Prime Minister Governing party Emperor; Constituted Concluded 1 First Itō Cabinet: 22 December 1885 (): 30 April 1888 (): Itō Hirobumi: None (Meiji oligarchy) ...
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Akasaka Palace in May 2022. International relations between Japan and the United States began in the late 18th and early 19th century with the diplomatic but force-backed missions of U.S. ship captains James Glynn and Matthew C. Perry to the Tokugawa shogunate.
Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated during the Japanese coup d'état. 1936: 26 to 28 February: Japanese Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survived the two days of incident. However, he left office by one month later. 1937: 7 July: Second Sino-Japanese War begins. 13 August to 26 November: Battle of Shanghai begins. 1939: 13 ...