Ministers
Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi KIKAWADA
November 2, 2015
Hitoshi KIKAWADA
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Saitama 3rd Electoral District (elected twice)
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| October 13, 1970 | Born in Setagaya, Tokyo |
| March 1989 | Graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Hakuyo High School |
| March 1994 | Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science |
| December 1998 | Earned a Master’s Degree in Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, the University of Maryland |
| April 2002 | Joined TOWA SCIENTIFIC Co., Ltd. |
| April 2004 | Joined Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center (Chief researcher) |
| March 2005 | Withdrew from doctoral course of the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University after earning credits |
| April 2006 | Joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management |
| April 2009 | Research associate at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management |
| April 2010 | Researcher at the Ocean Policy Research Foundation |
| January 2011 | Leader of the branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Saitama 3rd Electoral District |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election) Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Member of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Representatives Member of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake of the House of Representatives |
| December 2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term) Member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications of the House of Representatives Member of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives Member of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake of the House of Representatives Member of the Special Committee for Regional Revitalization of the House of Representatives Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP Deputy Director of Judicial Affairs Division of the LDP |
| October 2015 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Reshuffled Cabinet) |
Hobbies
Baseball, Kendo, Karate, Rakugo (Japan’s traditional one-man comic story-telling), scuba diving, sanshin (Okinawan traditional stringed instrument)
Motto
Byouzyoushin kore dou (Enlightenment attained by a neutral mind.)
Kansha Kyouryoku (To have a deep-felt spirit of gratitude and cooperation.)
Genchi genba (To emphasize the local reality of here and now.)