AKAZAWA Ryosei

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
• Minister in charge of Green Transformation
• Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
• Minister in charge of Securing the Stability of Critical Goods in Response to the Situation in the Middle East
• Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tottori 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected eight times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 18 December 1960, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• MBA, Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USA

• Career:
• Ministry of Transport
• Director, Secretariat Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Director-General, Overseas Projects Division, International Business Department, Postal Business Headquarters, Japan Post
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• State Minister of Finance
• Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Chairperson, Livestock and Dairy Policy Committee, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
• Chief Secretary, LDP Research Commission for the Establishment of a Culture Oriented Nation
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Shinkansen and other Railways
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission for the Promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Highways
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Manager, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Chair, HR Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues
• Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
• Minister in charge of New Capitalism
• Minister in charge of Wage Increase
• Minister in charge of Startups
• Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
• Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
• Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency
• Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy