WATANABE Shu

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Tokai Bloc (proportional representation), nine times
• Born: December 1961, Setagaya, Tokyo
• Education:
• School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• Career:
• Member, Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly (two terms)
• Vice Chairman, Standing Committee, Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly
• Vice Chairman, Special Committee, Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly
• Reporter, Editorial Bureau, Yomiuri Shimbun
• Senior Director, Standing Committee on National Security, House of Representatives (HR)
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Senior Director, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• State Minister of Defense
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems