KONO Taro

• Minister for Digital
• Minister of State for Digital Reform
• Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
• Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Kanagawa 15th District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: 10 January 1963, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
• Education:
• School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA

• Career:
• Foreign Minister
• Defense Minister
• Minister for Administrative Reform;
• Minister for Civil Service Reform
• Chairperson, National Public Safety Commission
• Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety;
• Minister for Regulatory Reform;
• Minister for Disaster Management
• Minister for COVID Vaccine Roll-out
• Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
• Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives