Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality
Minister of Public Records Management and
National Archives
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue

Photo of Kyoko Nakayama


Kyoko NAKAYAMA


Date of birth: January 26, 1940
Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency: Proportional Representation (Elected 1 time)


Education
1963Graduated University of Tokyo
(BA, French Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters)

Career
2008 (Aug.) -Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality
Minister of Public Records Management and National Archives
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
2007 (Jul.) -Member of the House of Councillors
2006 - 2008Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
(for the Abduction Issue)
2002 - 2004Councilor of the Cabinet Secretariat
(for the Abduction Issue)
1999 - 2002Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan
1993 - 1999Executive Vice President, the Japan Foundation
1978 - 1993Ministry of Finance
(1993: Deputy Director-General of the Minister's Secretariat)
1975 - 1978International Monetary Fund
1966 - 1975Ministry of Finance, Japan
1964 - 1966Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan