Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology

Atsuko TOYAMA

Born : December 10, 1938

Education

March 1962

Graduated from Department of Law, University of Tokyo

Career

April 1962	Official of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MESSC)
April 1970	Official, Prime Minister's office
September 1977	Director, Information and Library Division, Science and International Affairs Bureau, MESSC
June 1980	Director, International Scientific Affairs Division, Science and International Affairs Bureau, MESSC
July 1982	Director, Lower Secondary School Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, MESSC
July 1985	Director, Planning Division, Higher Education Bureau, MESSC
June 1988	Director-General, Cultural Affairs Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs
April 1989	Deputy Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs
June 1991	Director-General, Local Education Support Bureau, MESSC
July 1992	Director-General, Higher Education Bureau, MESSC
July 1994	Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs
June 1996	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in Turkey
April 2000	Director-General, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
April 2001	President, Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art
April 2001	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
September 2002	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology