(As of October 2025)
KIKAWADA Hitoshi
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Policies Related to Children, Declining Birthrate,
Youth Empowerment, and Gender Equality
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister of State for Promoting Cohesive and Mutual Assistance
Society
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Cohesive Society
Minister in charge of Strategy for the Future of Regions
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Saitama 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected five times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: 1970, Setagaya, Tokyo
- Education:
- Master of Science, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland, USA
- Career:
- Towa Scientific Co., Ltd.
- Senior Research Fellow, UNEP Northwest Pacific Action Plan
- Researcher, Ocean Policy Research Foundation
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- State Minister of Cabinet Office
- Chair, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Director, National Defense Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Chief Secretary, Sub Committee on Ocean Strategies, LDP Special Committee on Space and Ocean Development
- Other:
- Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
