About Us
State Minister of the Environment
MUTAI Shunsuke
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- July 3, 1956
- Place of Birth:
- Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Affiliation:
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Elected four times, Hokuriku Shinetsu Proportional Representation
Education
- 1980:
- Undergraduate Degree, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Career
- 1980:
- Joined the former Ministry of Home Affairs (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
- 1998:
- Director-General, Administration Department, Saitama Prefecture
- 2000:
- Counsellor, Committee for the Promotion of Decentralization, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- 2001:
- Director, Disaster Management Division of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- 2006:
- Counsellor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- 2010:
- Professor, Department of Local Autonomy, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University
- 2012:
- First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(46th general election) - 2014:
- Second Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(47th general election) - 2016:
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office, and of the Ministry of Reconstruction (Second Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
- 2017:
- Third Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(48th general election)
Member, Committee on Environment, House of Representatives
Member, Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives - 2020:
- Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives
- 2021:
- State Minister of the Environment (First Kishida Cabinet)
Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(49th General Election)
Hobbies:
- Walking around the city, skiing, tennis, Go (board game)
Personal motto:
- Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur (Japanese idiom).
OOKA Toshitaka
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- April 16, 1972
- Place of Birth:
- Shiga Prefecture, Japan
- Affiliation:
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Member of the House of Representatives:
- Elected four times, Shiga District 1
Education
- 1995:
- Undergraduate Degree, Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics
Career
- 1995:
- Joined Suzuki Motor Corporation
- 1999:
- First Election as Member of Hamamatsu City Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture
- 2005:
- Accredited SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) Consultant
- 2007:
- First Election as Member of Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture
- 2011:
- Second Election as Member of Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture
- 2012:
- First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(46th General Election) - 2014:
- Member, Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives
Second Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(47th General Election) - 2015:
- Member, Special Committee for Regional Revitalization, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (Third Reshuffled Abe Cabinet) - 2016:
- Member, Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives
Member, Special Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives
Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Deputy Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) - 2017:
- Third Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(48th General Election) - 2021:
- State Minister of the Environment (First Kishida Cabinet)
Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(49th General Election)
Hobbies:
Traveling, Automobiles/Mechanics, Insect hunting
Personal motto:
Fortune comes in at the merry gate