KONO Taro

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kanagawa 15th District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 10 January 1963, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
• Education:
• School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA

• Career:
• Foreign Minister
• Defense Minister
• Minister of State, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
• Minister for Digital Transformation
• Minister for Administrative Reform
• Minister for Civil Service Reform
• Minister for COVID Vaccine Roll-out
• Minister for Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
• Minister for Disaster Management
• Minister for Regulatory Reform
• Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
• Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Chairman, Shonan Bellmare Football Club