State Minister of the Environment
YAMADA Miki
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- March 15, 1974
- Place of Birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Affiliation:
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Member of the House of Representatives:
- Elected four times, Tokyo District 1
Education
- 1996
- Graduated from Tokyo University Faculty of Law
Professional Career
- 1996
- Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- 2002
- Acquired MBA from Columbia Business School, Colombia University, New York, USA
- 2002
- Office of the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
- 2005
- Joined Boston Consulting Group
- 2007
- Joined Hermès Japon
- 2012
- First Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo District 1 (46th General Election)
- 2014
- Second Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo District 1 (47th General Election)
- 2015
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
- 2017
- Third Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo Proportional-Representation Constituency (48th General Election)
- 2021
- Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo District 1 (49th General Election)
- 2021
- Director, Judicial Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
- 2022
- State Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)
Hobbies
- Travelling, visiting department stores, enjoying Japanese traditional festivals, watching movies and listening to music
Personal Motto
- No fantasy, No life.
KOBAYASHI Shigeki
State Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- October 9, 1964
- Place of Birth:
- Nara, Japan
- Affiliation:
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Member of the House of Representatives:
- Elected three times, Kinki Proportional-Representation Constituency
Education
- 1988
- Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law
Professional Career
- 1988
- Joined Daiwa Bank, Limited (now Resona Bank, Limited)
- 1994
- Joined Sanwa Jutaku Co., Ltd.
- 2002
- President, Junior Chamber International Nara
- 2004
- Chief Executive Officer, Sanwa Jutaku Co., Ltd.
- 2007
- First Election as Member of Nara Prefectural Assembly (served two terms)
- 2012
- First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Kinki Proportional-Representation Constituency (46th General Election)
- 2014
- Deputy Chairman, Japan Housing Industry Association
- 2017
- Second Election as Member of the House of Representative, Nara District 1 (48th General Election)
- Member of Committee on Education, Culture, Science and Technology, the House of Representatives
- 2019
- Member of Committee on Judicial Affairs, the House of Representatives
- Member of Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, the House of Representatives
- Member of Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the House of Representatives
- 2020
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Suga Cabinet)
- 2021
- Third Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Kinki Proportional-Representation Constituency (49th General Election)
- Director of Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, the House of Representatives
- 2022
- State Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)
Hobbies
- Reading, Shigin (Chinese Poet Recitation)
Personal Motto
- Aspiration to improvement