KIUCHI Minoru
Minister in Charge of Japan's Growth Strategy
Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All Generations
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Profile
- Date of birth
- April 19, 1965
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Shizuoka 7th
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- Mar. 1989
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences majoring in International Affairs
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- Oct. 2025
- Minister in Charge of Japan's Growth Strategy
Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All Generations
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
(Takaichi Cabinet) - Sep. 2025
- Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Minister of State for Economic Security
(2nd Ishiba Cabinet) - Nov. 2024
- Appointed Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
(2nd Ishiba Cabinet) - Oct. 2024
- Appointed Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
(1st Ishiba Cabinet)
50th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Dec. 2023
- Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Sep. 2023
- Appointed Deputy Chair of the Policy Research Council of the LDP
- Oct. 2022
- Appointed Senior Director, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, House of Representatives (HR)
Appointed member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR - May 2022
- Appointed Chairperson, Federation of Shizuoka Prefecture LDP Branches
- Oct. 2021
- Appointed Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
49th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Oct. 2019
- Appointed Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
- Oct. 2018
- Appointed State Minister for the Environment
(4th Abe Cabinet(Reshuffled)) - Oct. 2017
- 48th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Aug. 2017
- Appointed Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
Appointed Director-General, Information Research Bureau, LDP - Sep. 2016
- Appointed Chair, Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HR
- Oct. 2015
- Appointed Acting Director-General, International Bureau, LDP
- Dec. 2014
- 47th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
State Minister for Foreign Affairs
(3rd Abe Cabinet) - Sep. 2014
- Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs
(2nd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) - Sep. 2013
- Appointed Director of Foreign Affairs Division at LDP
- Dec. 2012
- 46th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
(2nd Abe Cabinet) - Aug. 2009
- 45th Lower House elections:
elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Apr. 2006
- Visiting Professor, Takushoku University
Faculty Member, Seisa Kokusai High School - Nov. 2003
- 43rd Lower House elections:
elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Apr. 1989
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs