On April 16, 2025, Shigeru Ishiba was 157 days in office in his second term as prime minister of Japan, which he began on November 11, 2024. He took office for the first time on October 1, 2024, succeeding Fumio Kishida, who was in office for a total of 1,094 days, making him the third longest-serving prime minister since the beginning of the Heisei era, which started on January 8, 1989.
Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025
(days in office)
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Prime Minister's Office of Japan. (April 16, 2025). Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/
Prime Minister's Office of Japan. "Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office)." Chart. April 16, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/
Prime Minister's Office of Japan. (2025). Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/
Prime Minister's Office of Japan. "Term Lengths of Prime Ministers Inaugurated since The Heisei Era in Japan as of 2025 (Days in Office)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/
Prime Minister's Office of Japan, Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/ (last visited May 11, 2025)
Term lengths of prime ministers inaugurated since the Heisei era in Japan as of 2025 (days in office) [Graph], Prime Minister's Office of Japan, April 16, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484535/japan-prime-ministers-tenure-since-heisei-era/
