YAMADA Kenji

• State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• State Minister of Cabinet Office


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hyogo 7th District (single-seat constituency), elected six times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: April 1966, Higashiosaka, Osaka
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kobe University

• Career:
• Seconded as a researcher to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• Part-time Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
• Member in charge of assisting plenary proceedings, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration