ITO Shintaro

• Minister of the Environment
• Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Miyagi 4th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: 6 May 1953, Tokyo
• Education:
• Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University (BA)
• Graduated from Graduate School of Law, Keio University (MA)
• Completed a programme in directing, American Film Institute (AFI)
• Graduated from Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), Harvard University (MA)

• Career:
• Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Defense
• Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• News anchor
• Lecturer, Graduate School, Tamagawa University
• Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University
• Visiting Professor, Graduate School, Osaka University
• Visiting Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Member, HR Commission on the Constitution
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Acting Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
• Chairperson, LDP Committee for Vitalizing Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Areas
• Member, LDP Party Ethics Committee