SAITO Ken

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
• Minister for Green Transformation
• Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
• Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia
• Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Chiba 7th District (single-seat constituency), five times
• Born: June 1959, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master's degree, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Director, Electricity Infrastructure Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Vice Governor, Saitama Prefecture
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
• Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
• State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Director, Standing Committee on Budget, House of Representatives (HR)
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
• Minister of Justice