HOSODA Kenichi

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tokai Bloc (proportional representation), elected five times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: July 1964, Kobe, Hyogo
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University (1988)

• Career:
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (later Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) (1988-2006)
• - Minister's Secretariat
• - Consumer Goods Industries Bureau
• - Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
• On secondment to Embassy of Japan in Spain, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Secretary for Policy/Legislative Affairs to HR Member
• Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Niigata Prefecture House of Representatives 2nd Electoral District Branch (2012)
• First elected to the House of Representatives (Dec. 2012)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division