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

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 (46^th General Election)
2014: Second Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo District 1 (47^th 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 (48^th General Election)
2021: Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representative, Tokyo District 1 (49^th General Election)
2021: Director, Judicial Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
2022: State Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)

Travelling, visiting department stores, enjoying Japanese traditional festivals, watching movies and listening to music

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

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 (46^th General Election)
2014: Deputy Chairman, Japan Housing Industry Association
2017: Second Election as Member of the House of Representative, Nara District 1 (48^th 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 (49^th General Election); Director of Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, the House of Representatives
2022: State Minister of the Environment, Japan (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)