NAGASHIMA Akihisa

• Chair, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, House of Representatives


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tokyo 30th District (single-seat constituency), elected nine times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: February 1962, Konan, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Education:
• Master's degree, Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Japan
• Master's degree, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Career:
• Official Secretary to HR Member
• Research Associate; later Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
• Professional Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Keio University
• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Chuo University
• President, Japan Skating Federation
• Councillor, Japan Sport Association
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (for Foreign Affairs and National Security)
• State Minister of Defense
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (National Security, Nuclear Disarmanent, and Non-proliferation)
• Chairperson, Policy Research Council, The Party of Hope
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security