KANEKO Yasushi

• Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
• Minister in charge of the International Horticultural Expo 2027


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kumamoto 4th District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: February 1961, Fukada (now Asagiri), Kuma, Kumamoto
• Education:
• School of Commerce, Waseda University

• Career:
• Chairperson, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chairperson, LDP Forestry Policy Committee
• Director, Youth Division, LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Member, HR Special Committee on Disasters
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Senior Director (ruling parties), HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
• Senior Director (ruling parties), HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Disasters
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management