About Us
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
Natsumi HIGA
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- October 3, 1958
- Place of Birth:
- Okinawa, Japan
- Constituency:
- Proportional Representation of Kyushu Block Elected twice
Education
- 1986
- Graduated from Fukuoka Dental College (Bachelor of Dentistry)
Career
- 1986
- Worked at Kumejima Gushikawa Dental Clinic
- 1988
- Opened Natsumi Dental Clinic
- 2008
- Member , Gender Equality, Japan Dental Association
- 2009
- Vice-Chairman Okinawa Dental Association
- 2011
- Chairman, Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) Okinawa Prefecture House of Representatives 3rd Electoral District Branch
- 2012
- Advisor, Okinawa Dental Federation
- Elected to the House of Representative (HOR) for the first time (46th Election)
Member of the Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, HOR
Director of the Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HOR
Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division, LDP - Elected to the House of Representative (HOR) for the first time (46th Election)
- 2014
- Elected to the HOR (47th Election)
Member of the Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare Division, HOR
Director of the Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HOR
Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division, LDP - 2015
- Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with Health and Welfare, LDP
Acting Director, Health, Labor and Welfare Division, LDP
Deputy Director, Foreign Affairs Division, LDP - 2016
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (Abe Cabinet)
Hobbies
- Appointed as Chevaliers du Tastevin, France
Appointed as Chevaliers du Taste-Fromage de France, France
Appointed as International Judge at Japan Wine Challenge
KIKISAKE-SHI of Japanese Sake
Tatsunori IBAYASHI
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- July 18, 1976
- Place of Birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Constituency:
- Shizuoka 2, Elected twice (Member of the House of Representatives)
Education
- 2000
- Graduated from Kyoto University (Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering)
- 2002
- Graduated from Kyoto University (Graduate School of Engineering)
Career
- 2002
- Joined Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Served at Minister's Secretariat and Road Bureau - 2008
- Director, Second Research Division, Numazu Office of River and National Highway, MLIT
- 2010
- Director, Regional Road Division, Chubu Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
Left MLIT
Chairman, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shizuoka Prefecture House of Representatives 2nd Electoral District Branch - 2012
- Elected to the House of Representative (HOR) for the first time (46th Election)
- 2013
- Member of the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HOR
Member of the Committee on Environment, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Disasters, HOR - 2014
- Elected to HOR (47th Election)
- 2015
- Member of the Committee on Financial Affairs, HOR
Member of the Committee on Environment, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation, HOR - 2016
- Member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, HOR
Deputy Director-General, International Bureau, LDP
Deputy Director-General, Youth Bureau / Deputy Director, International Department, LDP
Deputy Director, Environment Division, LDP
Deputy Director, Fisheries Division, LDP
Deputy Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, LDP
Part-time Lecturer, Kyoto University (Faculty of Engineering)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (Abe Cabinet)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office (Nuclear Emergency Preparedness) (Abe Cabinet)
Hobbies
- Baseball, Swimming
Family
- Wife, Two Daughters
