KIRA Shuji

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Oita 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times

• In-House Group: Yushi no Kai
• Born: March 1958, Kusu Town, Kusu, Oita
• Education:
• Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• General Manager, New York Headquarters, Nissho Iwai American Corporation
• Section Chief, Nissho Iwai Corporation
• First elected to the House of Representatives as an independent (Nov. 2003)
• Joined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) (Nov. 2004)
• Chair, DPJ Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
• Head, DPJ Foreign Affairs Sector Conference
• Head, DPJ Defense Sector Conference
• President, Yushi no Kai (Nov. 2021)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs