About Us
State Minister of the Environment
Minoru KIUCHI
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- April 19, 1965
- Place of Birth:
- Shizuoka, Japan
- Political Party:
- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Constituency:
- Shizuoka 7, Elected five times
Education
- 1989
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Liberal Arts)
Career
- 1989
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1990
- Assigned to the Embassy of Japan in Germany
- 1997
- German Language Interpretation Official (served as an interpreter for His Majesty the Emperor and Prime Minister)
- 2003
- Elected to the HOR (43rd Election)
- 2004
- Manager, Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation, LDP
- 2005
- Member, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HOR
- Member, Committee on Environment, HOR
- Member, Special Committee on Postal Privatization, HOR
- 2006
- Visiting professor at Takushoku University
- 2009
- Elected to the HOR (45th Election)
- Member, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HOR
- Member, Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, HOR
- 2012
- Elected to the HOR (46th Election)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 2013
- Director, Foreign Affairs Division, LDP
- Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HOR
- Director, Special Committee on National Security, HOR
- 2014
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Elected to the HOR (47th Election)
- 2016
- Chairman, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HOR
- 2017
- Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
- Director-General, Information Research Bureau, LDP
- Elected to the HOR (48th Election)
- 2018
- Member, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HOR
- Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HOR
Hobby
- Collecting SP records, Football
Family
- Wife, two sons
Tsukasa AKIMOTO
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- October 23, 1971
- Place of Birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Political Party:
- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Constituency:
- Tokyo 15, Elected four times
Education
- 1996
- Graduated from Daito Bunka University (Bachelor of Economics)
Career
- 1993
- Secretary intern for the member of the House of Representatives (HOR)
- 2004
- Elected to the House of Councillors (HOC) for the first time (20th Election)
- 2007
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense, the first Abe Cabinet
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense, the Fukuda Cabinet
- 2008
- Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, HOC
- 2012
- Elected to the HOR for the first time (46th Election)
- Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
- 2013
- Deputy Chairperson, General Council, LDP
- Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Commerce, Industry and Medium and Small Sized Enterprises, LDP
- Acting Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
- Deputy Chairperson, Research Committee for Promotion of Healthy Development of Youth, LDP
- Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HOR
- 2014
- Director, Cabinet Division, LDP
- Director, Committee on Cabinet, HOR
- Director, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HOR
- Elected to the HOR (47th Election)
- 2015
- Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, LDP
- 2016
- Chairperson, Committee on Cabinet, HOR
- 2017
- State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, State Minister of Cabinet Office, and State Minister for Reconstruction
- Elected to the HOR (48th Election)
