KASAI Akira

• In-House Group: Japanese Communist Party
• Elected: Tokyo Bloc (proportional representation), six times
• Born: 15 October 1952, Osaka
• Education:
• Mitaka Municipal Dai-Yon Elementary School
• Junior and Senior High School at Komaba, Tokyo University of Education
• Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
• Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo (coursework toward a bachelor's degree)

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (one term)


• Vice Chair, General Federation of All Japan Students Associations
• Permanent Member, Central Committee, Democratic Youth League of Japan
• Reporter, “Akahata (red flag)” Japanese Communist Party (JCP) official newspaper (1987)
• Deputy Head, Committee on the Promotion of United Front for Peace
• Chairman, HC Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
• Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
• Member, HR Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues
• Member, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Member, HR Commission on the Constitution
• Member, JCP Standing Executive Committee
• Head, JCP Committee on Nuclear Power, Climate Change and Energy Problems
• Vice Chair, JCP International Committee

• Others:
• Worked in Budapest for three years (1982-)
• Visited more than fifty countries around the world and promoted international collaboration for peace, abolition of nuclear weapons and so on