Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko SHIBAYAMA

photo (Masahiko SHIBAYAMA)

Member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives (8th District, Saitama Prefecture) (elected twice)

Japanese

Date Curriculum Vitae
Dec. 5th 1965 Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
March 1990 Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law
April 1990 Joined Sumitomo Realty and Development Co. Ltd. (- October. 1991)
Oct. 1998 Passed National Bar Examination
April 1999 Entered the Legal Research and Training Institute
July 1999 Trained at the Tokyo District Court, the Pubic Prosecutor's Office (Tokyo District) and Koyama Minoru Lawyer's Office (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
Oct. 2000 On Completion of research and training, registered as a Lawyer with the Tokyo Bar Association
Oct. 2000 Joined Toranomon Chuo Law Firm and became a member of the Public Relations Committee of the Tokyo Bar Association
April 2004 Elected as member of the House of Representatives
Sep. 2005 Re-elected as member of the House of Representatives
Aug. 2008 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

Additional Information

Positions within the House of Representatives:

  • Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs
  • Director, Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
  • Member, Special Committee for Research on the Constitution of Japan

Family:

Wife


Back to Index