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 six 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 Researcher for the United Nations Environment Programme 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, Subcommittee on Ocean Strategies, LDP Special Committee on Space and Ocean Development

• Other:
• Matsushita Institute of Government and Management