Prime Minister of Japan

Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
日本国内閣総理大臣
	Emblem of the Prime Minister of Japan
	Standard of the Prime Minister of Japan
	Incumbent; Shigeru Ishiba; since 1 October 2024
	Executive branch of the Japanese government; Office of the Prime Minister
Style	Naikaku sōridaijin; (formal); His Excellency; (formal and diplomatic) ; Shushō ; (informal and during Party debates); Sōri; (informal)
Type	Head of government
Member of	Cabinet; National Security Council; National Diet
Residence	Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei
Seat	Tokyo
Nominator	National Diet
Appointer	Emperor
Term length	No fixed term length,; renewable indefinitely.
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Japan
Precursor	Daijō-daijin of Japan
Formation	22 December 1885
First holder	Itō Hirobumi
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	¥40,490,000/; US$ 296,478 annually
Website	Official website

The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces^[2] and is a sitting member of either house of the National Diet (typically the House of Representatives).

The Emperor appoints as prime minister the person who is nominated by the National Diet (the parliament). The prime minister must retain the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. The prime minister lives and works at the Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Official Residence) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, close to the National Diet Building.

Sixty-five men have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Itō Hirobumi taking office on 22 December 1885. The longest-serving prime minister was Shinzo Abe, who served over eight years, and the shortest-serving was Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who served fifty-four days. The current prime minister is Shigeru Ishiba, who succeeded Fumio Kishida on 1 October 2024, following the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.

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^ 首相は4049万円、閣僚の給料は安い？高い？菅内閣誕生ドキュメント (in Japanese), The Nikkei, 16 September 2020, retrieved 20 May 2022
^ "Book review: A nuanced deep dive on Japan's Self-Defense Forces".

[2] 首相は4049万円、閣僚の給料は安い？高い？菅内閣誕生ドキュメント (in Japanese), The Nikkei, 16 September 2020, retrieved 20 May 2022

[3] "Book review: A nuanced deep dive on Japan's Self-Defense Forces".

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