Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Katsuhito ASANO

Date of birth: April 19, 1938 Member of the House of Councillors Constituency: Aichi Prefecture district (Elected once for the House of Councillors, elected 3 times for the House of Representatives)

Education

Graduated from School of Political Science and Economics I, Waseda University

Career

May. 2009	Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Aug. 2008	Director, National Defense Division, LDP
Oct. 2007	Acting Chairman, Research Commission on Telecommunications
Sep. 2007	Director-General, Personnel Bureau, LDP Senior Director of the Committee on Audit, the House of Councillors Senior Director of the Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issue and Related Matters, the House of Councillors
Sep. 2006	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jul. 2004	Elected for the first time as a Member of the House of Councillors from Aichi district Senior Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, the House of Councillors
May. 2001	Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Dec. 2000	Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Jul. 2000	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jun. 2000	Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (3rd term)
Oct. 1999	Director, National Defense Division, LDP
Oct. 1996	Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (2nd term)
Feb. 1990	Elected for the first time as a Member of the House of Representatives
Aug. 1982	Commentator, NHK
Apr. 1961	Political Journalist, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Held positions of chief reporter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Section, the LDP Section, and Prime Minister's Office Section)