Prime Minister | Term of office | School | University | Degree | Additional education |
Itō Hirobumi | 1885–1888 1892–1896 1898 1900–1901 | Shōkasonjuku Academy | University College London | — | |
Kuroda Kiyotaka | 1888–1889 | Jigen-ryū | — | — | |
Yamagata Aritomo | 1889–1891 1898–1900 | Shōkasonjuku Academy | — | — | |
Matsukata Masayoshi | 1891–1892 1896–1898 | Zoshikan | — | — | |
Ōkuma Shigenobu | 1898 1914–1916 | Kōdōkan | — | — | |
Katsura Tarō | 1901–1906 1908–1911 1912–1913 | — | — | — | |
Saionji Kinmochi | 1906–1908 1911–1912 | — | University of Paris | Law | |
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | 1913–1914 1923–1924 | — | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Terauchi Masatake | 1916–1918 | — | Army Toyama School | — | |
Hara Takashi | 1918–1921 | Marin Seminary | Tokyo Imperial University | Did not graduate | |
Takahashi Korekiyo | 1921–1922 | — | — | — | |
Katō Tomosaburō | 1922–1923 | — | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Kiyoura Keigo | 1924 | Xianyi Garden | — | — | |
Katō Takaaki | 1924–1926 | Nagoya Western School | Tokyo Imperial University | English law | |
Wakatsuki Reijirō | 1926–1927 1931 | Shimane Prefectural Matsue Kita High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Tanaka Giichi | 1927–1929 | — | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | — | Army War College |
Hamaguchi Osachi | 1929–1930 1931 | Third High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Inukai Tsuyoshi | 1931–1932 | — | Keio University | Sinology | |
Saitō Makoto | 1932–1934 | — | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Keisuke Okada | 1934–1936 | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Kōki Hirota | 1936–1937 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Senjūrō Hayashi | 1937 | Fourth High School | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | — | Army War College |
Fumimaro Konoe | 1937–1939 1940–1941 | First Higher School | Kyoto Imperial University | Marxian economics | |
Hiranuma Kiichirō | 1939 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | English law | |
Nobuyuki Abe | 1939–1940 | Tokyo First Middle School | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | — | Army War College |
Mitsumasa Yonai | 1940 | Morioka Middle School | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Hideki Tojo | 1941–1944 | Army Central Children's School | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | — | Army War College |
Kuniaki Koiso | 1944–1945 | Yamagata Middle School | Imperial Japanese Army Academy | — | |
Kantarō Suzuki | 1945 | Kogyokusha Junior & Senior High School | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy | — | |
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni | 1945 | Gakushūin | Army War College | — | |
Kijūrō Shidehara | 1945–1946 | Third High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Shigeru Yoshida | 1946–1947 1948–1954 | Tokyo Physics School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Tetsu Katayama | 1947–1948 | Third High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Hitoshi Ashida | 1948 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Ichirō Hatoyama | 1954–1956 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | English law | |
Tanzan Ishibashi | 1956–1957 | Waseda University Junior and Senior High School | Waseda University | Literature | |
Nobusuke Kishi | 1957–1960 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | German law | |
Hayato Ikeda | 1960–1964 | Fifth High School | Kyoto Imperial University | Law | |
Eisaku Satō | 1964–1972 | Fifth High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Kakuei Tanaka | 1972–1974 | Kinjo Gakuen High School | Chuo College of Technology | Civil engineering | |
Takeo Miki | 1974–1976 | Tokushima Prefectural Commercial School | Meiji University | Law | |
Takeo Fukuda | 1976–1978 | First Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Masayoshi Ōhira | 1978–1980 | Takamatsu High School of Commerce | Tokyo University of Commerce | Economics | |
Zenkō Suzuki | 1980–1982 | Iwate Prefectural Fisheries School | Tokyo University of Fisheries | — | |
Yasuhiro Nakasone | 1982–1987 | Shizuoka Higher School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Noboru Takeshita | 1987–1989 | Waseda University Junior and Senior High School | Waseda University | Economics | |
Sōsuke Uno | 1989 | Shiga Prefectural Yawata Commercial School | Hikone Commercial College | Economics | |
Toshiki Kaifu | 1989–1991 | Tokai Junior High School | Chuo University | Law | Waseda University |
Kiichi Miyazawa | 1991–1993 | Musashi High School | Tokyo Imperial University | Law | |
Morihiro Hosokawa | 1993–1994 | Gakushūin | Sophia University | Law | |
Tsutomu Hata | 1994 | Seijo Academy High School | Seijo University | Economics | |
Tomiichi Murayama | 1994–1996 | Oita Municipal High School | Meiji University | Political science | |
Ryutaro Hashimoto | 1996–1998 | Azabu High School | Keio University | Law | |
Keizō Obuchi | 1998–2000 | Tokyo Metropolitan Kita High School | Waseda University | Political science | |
Yoshirō Mori | 2000–2001 | Kanazawa Nisui High School | Waseda University | Economics | |
Junichiro Koizumi | 2001–2006 | Yokosuka High School | Keio University | Economics | University College London |
Shinzo Abe | 2006–2007 2012–2020 | Seikei Senior High School | Seikei University | Political science | University of Southern California (dropped out) |
Yasuo Fukuda | 2007–2008 | Azabu High School | Waseda University | Economics | |
Tarō Asō | 2008–2009 | Gakushūin | Gakushuin University | Political science | Stanford University (dropped out) London School of Economics |
Yukio Hatoyama | 2009–2010 | Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School | University of Tokyo | Engineering | Stanford University |
Naoto Kan | 2010–2011 | Tokyo Metropolitan Koyamadai High School | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Science | |
Yoshihiko Noda | 2011–2012 | Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Senior High School | Waseda University | Political science | |
Yoshihide Suga | 2020–2021 | Akita Prefectural Yuzawa High School | Hosei University | Law | |
Fumio Kishida | 2021–present | Kaisei Academy | Waseda University | Law | |
Prime Minister | Term of office | School | University | Degree | Additional education |