KIKAWADA Hitoshi
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate,Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions
Profile
- Date of birth
- October 13, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Setagaya Ward, Tokyo
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Saitama 3rd District
- Number of times elected
- 5
Past career
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- 1999
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (Withdrew after completing coursework in 2005)
- 1998
- University of Maryland Graduate School Coastal and Marine Environmental Science Program Completed (Master of Science degree obtained)
- 1994
- Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
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- Oct. 2025
- Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate,Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions
(Takaichi Cabinet) - Nov. 2024
- House of Representatives Special Committee on Issues Related to Abductions by North Korea Leading Council Member of the Ruling Party
The House of Representatives Committee on Cabinet Affairs - Oct. 2024
- Elected to the House of Representatives (50th General Election)
- May. 2024
- Chairperson, Sports Complex Promotion Project Team Liberal Democratic Party Sports Nation Research Council
- Dec. 2023
- Chairman of the National Defense Committee, LDP
- Oct. 2022
- Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
- Nov. 2021
- State Minister of Cabinet Office
(2nd Kishida Cabinet) - Oct. 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election)
State Minister of Cabinet Office
(1st Kishida Cabinet) - Oct. 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election)
- Oct. 2015
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
(3rd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) - Dec. 2014
- Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election)
- Dec. 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election)
- Jan. 2011
- Appointed as the branch manager of the Saitama Prefecture 3rd Electoral District (Soka City and Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture), LDP
- Apr. 2010
- Research Fellow Appointed at the Ocean Policy Research Foundation
(Current: Sasakawa Peace Foundation Institute for Ocean Policy) - Apr. 2006
- Entered to the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (27th class)
- Apr. 2004
- Japan Sea Rim Environmental Cooperation Center Foundation
- Apr. 2002
- Towa Science Co., Ltd.