MITANI Hidehiro

• State Minister of Justice


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kanagawa 8th District (single-seat constituency), elected five times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: June 1976, Fujisawa, Kanagawa
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master of Laws (LLM), School of Law, University of Washington, USA

• Career:
• Attorney
• - Associate, TMI Associates
• - Member, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
• Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Chuo University
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
• Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Consumer Issues, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chief-Secretary, Project Team for Supporting Crime Victims, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chief Secretary, LDP Special Committee on the Prevention of Repetition of Crimes
• Director, Public Speeches Division, LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters
• Chairperson, LDP Kanagawa Prefecture House of Representatives 8th Electoral District Branch
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
• Member, HR Commission on the Constitution