Face Photo: ISHIHARA Hirotaka

ISHIHARA Hirotaka

Minister of the Environment

Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Profile

Date of birth
Hometown
Kanagawa
Political Party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Affiliation
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency
Tokyo 3rd
Number of times elected
7

Past Career

Education

  • Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (BA)

Career

  • Minister of the Environment
    Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
    (2nd Takaichi Cabinet)
    Elected to the House of Representatives (HR), Japan (51th Election)

  • Minister of the Environment
    Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
    (1st Takaichi Cabinet)

  • Chairperson, Special Committee for the Promotion of Isolated Islands and Peninsula Areas, LDP
    Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Environment
    Elected to the House of Representatives (HR), Japan (50th Election)

  • Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (in charge of key policies including national security and nuclear disarmament, and non-proliferation issues) (2nd KISHIDA Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled))
    Acting Chief Secretary, Headquarters for Realizing Green Transformation, LDP

  • Director-General, Information Bureau, LDP
    Chief Director, Special Committee on Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, HR

  • Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Environment and Global Warming Countermeasures, LDP (~2025)
    Elected to the House of Representatives, Japan (49th Election)

  • Chair, HR Standing Committee on Environment

  • State Minister of the Environment and State Minister of Cabinet Office
    (4th ABE Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled))

  • Deputy Secretary-General, LDP

  • Elected to the House of Representatives, Japan (48th Election)

  • State Minister of Cabinet Office
    (3rd ABE Cabinet (2nd reshuffled))

  • Elected to the House of Representatives, Japan (47th Election)

  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
    (2nd ABE Cabinet)

  • Elected to the House of Representatives, Japan (46th Election)

  • Elected to the House of Representatives, Japan for the first time (44th Election)

  • Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
    Counsellor, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.