SHINOHARA Takashi

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Hokuriku-Shinetsu Bloc (proportional representation), seven times
• Born: July 1948, Nakano, Nagano
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan
• Master of Laws, University of Washington, USA
• Doctor of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan

• Career:
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1973)
• Office of the Cabinet Ministerial Meeting on Comprehensive Security
• Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD
• Director, Policy Planning Division, Fisheries Agency
• Director-General, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Kan Cabinet)
• Chair, Election Campaign Committee, Democratic Party
• Chair, Standing Committee on Discipline, House of Representatives
• Executive Deputy Secretary-General, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan