Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment

KUNISADA Isato

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan

Date of Birth:: August 30, 1972
Place of Birth:: Tokyo, Japan
Affiliation:: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives:: Elected one time, Hokuriku-Shinetsu Proportional-Representation Constituency

1997: Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce and Management

1997: Joined Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
2003: Temporary Assignment to Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture; Director of General Affairs Division and Section Chief of Information Policy Department
2005: Director of Mayor's Bureau and Councilor of General Affairs Division of Sanjo City
2006: Returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Deputy Director of Regional Communications Development Division, Information and Communications Bureau
2006: Retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication; First Election as Mayor of Sanjo City
2010: Second Election as Mayor of Sanjo City
2014: Third Election as Mayor of Sanjo City
2018: Fourth Election as Mayor of Sanjo City
2021: First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Hokuriku-Shinetsu Proportional-Representation Constituency (49^th General Election)
2022: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)

YANAGIMOTO Akira

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan

Date of Birth: January 29, 1974; Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Affiliation:: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives:: Elected one time, Kinki Proportional-Representation Constituency

1997: Joined the Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc.
1999: First election (by-election) as Member of Osaka City Assembly, and consequently reelected four times.
2013: Secretary-General of LDP Osaka City Assembly Members' Caucus
2021: First election as Member of the House of Representatives Kinki Proportional-Representation Constituency (49^th General Election)
2022: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)