KANEKO Yasushi

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Kumamoto 4th District (single-seat constituency), eight times
• Born: February 1961, Fukada (now Asagiri), Kuma, Kumamoto
• Education:
• School of Commerce, Waseda University

• Career:
• Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Forestry Policy Committee
• Director, LDP Youth Division
• Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Representatives (HR)
• 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