What is Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)?
{{Infobox official post | post = Minister of Foreign Affairs | body = | native_name = | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | insignia = Goshichi no kiri.svg | insigniasize = 80px | insigniacaption = Emblem of the Government of Japan | image = Takeshi Iwaya 20241003 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = [[Takeshi Iwaya]] | incumbentsince = 1 October 2024 | type = | status = | department = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] | style = Her Excellency | member_of = [[Cabinet of Japan]]<br>[[National Security Council (Japan)|National Security Council]] | reports_to = [[Prime Minister of Japan]] | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] | appointer_qualified = <small>subject to formal attestation by the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]</small> | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = {{start date and age|1885|12|22}} | First = | last = | abolished = | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = State Minister of Foreign Affairs | salary = ¥20,916,000 | website = }} The '''Minister for Foreign Affairs''' (外務大臣, Gaimu Daijin) of [[Japan]] is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since the end of the [[Occupation of Japan|allied occupation of Japan]], the position has been one of the most powerful in the Cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on external relations. The recent efforts of former [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]] to establish a more [[Interventionism (politics)|interventionist]]<nowiki/>foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position. The position is currently held by [[Takeshi Iwaya]]. == List of ministers for foreign affairs== *''Italics'' indicates subject served as Acting Foreign Minister. *'''Bold''' indicates subject served concurrently as [[Prime Minis