List of foreign politicians of Japanese origin

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of the sovereign countries who were/are of full or partial Japanese origin. This list does not include acting, interim, transitional, temporary or representative heads of state and government.

Heads of state and heads of governments of Japanese origin

S.No.	Name	Portrait	Country	Title	Tenure	Ref.
1	Bernard Dowiyogo バーナード・ドウィヨゴ		Nauru	President of Nauru	1976-78, 1989-95, 1996, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2003	[1]
2	Tosiwo Nakayama トシオ・ナカヤマ		Micronesia	President of the Federated States of Micronesia	1979–1987	[2]
3	Amata Kabua アマタ・カブア		Marshall Islands	President of the Marshall Islands	1979–96	[3]
4	Haruo Remeliik ハルオ・レメリク		Palau	President of Palau	1981–85	[4]
5	Alberto Fujimori アルベルト・フジモリ		Peru	President of Peru	1990–2000	[5]
6	Kuniwo Nakamura クニオ・ナカムラ		Palau	President of Palau	1993–2001	[6]
7	Kessai Note ケーサイ・ノート		Marshall Islands	President of the Marshall Islands	2000–08	[7]
8	Manny Mori マニー・モリ		Micronesia	President of the Federated States of Micronesia	2007–15	[8]

• Mario Alberto Ishii - Mayor of José C. Paz Partido and Provincial Senator for Buenos Aires Province
• Laura Russo - National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province
• Alicia Terada - National Deputy for Chaco Province

• Rob Lucas – Treasurer of South Australia (1997-2002, 2018-2022)

• Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi – founding president of the Paneuropean Union (1923–1972)

• Luiz Gushiken – Minister of Social Communication and Strategic Management (2003–2005), President of the Workers' Party (1988–1990) and Federal Deputy for São Paulo (1987–1999)
• Walter Ihoshi – Federal Deputy for São Paulo (1996–2007)
• Kim Kataguiri – Federal Deputy for São Paulo
• Luiz Nishimori – Federal Deputy for Paraná
• Keiko Ota – Federal Deputy for São Paulo
• Hatiro Shimomoto – State Deputy for São Paulo
• Hidekazu Takayama – Federal Deputy for Paraná

• Barry Morishita – Leader of the Alberta Party and former Mayor of Brooks, Alberta
• Bev Oda – Minister of International Cooperation (2007–2012) and Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women (2006–2007)
• David Tsubouchi – Member of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario
• Naomi Yamamoto – Minister in the Provincial Government of British Columbia

• Carlos Ominami - Minister of the Economy (1990–1992)

• Koxinga - 17th-century warlord and ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning (1661-1662)
• Zheng Jing – Ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning (1662-1681)
• Zheng Keshuang – Ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning (1681-1683)
• Zheng Kezang – Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Tungning

• Tomio Okamura - Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and founder of Dawn – National Coalition and Freedom and Direct Democracy, presidential candidate
• Hayato Okamura - MP

• Fuad Stephens – Chief Minister (1963-1964 and 1976) and Yang di-Pertua Negeri (1973-1975 of Sabah and High Commissioner to Australia (1968–1973)

• Kunio Lemari – Acting president of the Marshall Islands (1996–1997)
• James Matayoshi – Mayor of Rongelap Atoll

• René Fujiwara – Federal Deputy for the Federal District
• Gilberto Hirata – Federal Deputy for Baja California and Mayor of Ensenada
• Pedro Kumamoto – State Deputy of Jalisco
• Jesús Kumate Rodríguez – Secretary of Health (1988–1994)

• Hirosi Ismael – Vice President (1987–1991)
• Masao Nakayama – Ambassador to Japan (1989–1997)

• Valdon Dowiyogo – Speaker of Parliament (2004–2007)

• Takashi Miyahara – founder of the Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party

• Mariko Peters – Member of the House of Representatives

• Naomi Ichihara Røkkum – Substitute member of the Oslo City Council

• Hameeda Waheeduddin – Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

• Santy Asanuma – Senator
• Elias Camsek Chin - Vice President (2005–2009)
• Hersey Kyota - Ambassador to the United States
• Peter Sugiyama – Senator

• Keiko Fujimori - Daughter of Alberto Fujimori,^[9] Congresswoman for Lima, President of Popular Force and three-time presidential candidate
• Kenji Fujimori - Son of Alberto Fujimori, Congressman for Lima
• Santiago Fujimori - Brother of Alberto Fujimori, Congressman for Lima
• Víctor García Toma - Minister of Justice (2010)
• Susana Higuchi - Former wife of Alberto Fujimori, Congresswoman for Lima^[10]
• Augusto Miyashiro - Mayor of Chorrillos District
• Rafael Yamashiro - Congressman for Ica Department
• Jaime Yoshiyama - President of the Democratic Constituent Congress (1992–1995)

• Hori Horibata - Congressman for Camarines Sur

• Irina Khakamada – Deputy Chair of the State Duma (2000–2003)

• Edmund W. Barker – Leader of the House (1968-1985), Minister for Law (1964-1988), Minister for National Development (1965-1975), Minister for Home Affairs (1972), Minister for the Environment (1975-1979) and Minister for Science and Technology (1977-1981)

• Mai Yamada - New Taipei City Councillor for Banqiao district (2022–present)
• Tjaravak Kadrangian - Minister of the Council of Aboriginal Affairs (1996–2000)
• Sisy Chen - Member of the Legislative Yuan for Taipei (2002–2005)
• Chiang Wei-kuo - Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1986–1993)
• Liao Liou-yi - Secretary-General of the Kuomintang (2011–2012), Secretary-General to the President (2009–2011) and Minister of the Interior (2008-2009)

• Jess Asato - Labour MP
• Iain Duncan Smith - Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2010–2016)