Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
| 経済産業省 Keizai-sangyō-shō | |
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| Formed | 6 January 2001 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Japan |
| Headquarters | 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901, Japan 35°40′19″N 139°45′04″E / 35.672°N 139.751°E |
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| Website | meti.go.jp/english |
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省, Keizai-sangyō-shō; lit. 'Ministry of Economy and Industry'; METI) is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries that works with economic activities, such as the Economic Planning Agency.
Ministers
| # | Agency Minister | Debut month | Retire month | Prime Minister |
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| 1 | Takeo Hiranuma | January 2001 | September 2003 | Jun'ichirō Koizumi |
| 2 | Shoichi Nakagawa | September 2003 | October 2005 | Jun'ichirō Koizumi |
| 3 | Toshihiro Nikai | November 2005 | September 2006 | Jun'ichirō Koizumi |
| 4 | Akira Amari | September 2006 | August 2008 | Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
| 3 | Toshihiro Nikai | August 2008 | September 2009 | Tarō Asō |
| 5 | Masayuki Naoshima | September 2009 | September 2010 | Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan |
| 6 | Akihiro Ohata | September 2010 | January 2011 | Naoto Kan |
| 7 | Banri Kaieda | January 2011 | September 2011 | Naoto Kan |
| 8 | Yoshio Hachiro | September 2011 | September 2011 | Yoshihiko Noda |
| 9 | Yukio Edano | September 2011 | December 2012 | Yoshihiko Noda |
| 10 | Toshimitsu Motegi | December 2012 | September 2014 | Shinzō Abe |
| 11 | Yūko Obuchi | September 2014 | October 2014 | Shinzō Abe |
| 12 | Yōichi Miyazawa | October 2014 | October 2015 | Shinzō Abe |
| 13 | Motoo Hayashi | October 2015 | August 2016 | Shinzō Abe |
| 14 | Hiroshige Sekō | August 2016 | September 2019 | Shinzō Abe |
| 15 | Isshu Sugawara | September 2019 | October 2019 | Shinzō Abe |
| 16 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | October 2019 | October 2021 | Shinzō Abe Yoshihide Suga |
| 17 | Kōichi Hagiuda | October 2021 | August 2022 | Fumio Kishida |
| 18 | Yasutoshi Nishimura | August 2022 | December 2023 | Fumio Kishida |
| 19 | Ken Saitō | December 2022 | October 2024 | Fumio Kishida |
| 19 | Yoji Muto | October 2024 | Shigeru Ishiba |
Other websites
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- METI, Japan on Twitter
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Instagram (in Japanese)