EDA Kenji

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Kanagawa 8th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: 28 April 1956, Okayama
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Toin University of Yokohama (Public Administration)
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
• Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA
• Deputy Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat
• Director, MITI Economic Cooperation Coordination Office
• Executive Assistant to the Minister of International Trade and Industry
• Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister
• Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA
• Secretary-General, Your Party
• Leader, Unity Party
• Leader, Japan Innovation Party
• Acting President, Democratic Party
• Executive Deputy President, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
• Chairperson, CDP Economic Policy Research Committee