ITO Shintaro

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tohoku Bloc (proportional representation), elected eight times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 6 May 1953, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan
• Master's degree, Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Japan
• Master's degree, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Present posts:
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
• Member, HR Commission on the Constitution
• Member, HR Board of Information Oversight and Review
• Deputy Chairperson, General Assembly of Party Members of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Past posts:
• Private Secretary to Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency
• Secretary to HR Member
• News anchor
• Lecturer, Graduate School, Tamagawa University
• Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University
• Visiting Professor, Osaka University (now University of Osaka) Graduate school
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of the Environment
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Strategy
• Director-General, LDP International Bureau