Ministers
Minister for Digital Transformation
KONO Taro
Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister in Charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision
Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in Charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Date of Birth
January 10, 1963
Place of Birth
Kanagawa Prefecture
Education
Dec. 1985
Graduated from Georgetown University, USA
Career
Feb. 1986
Joined Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1993
Joined Nippon Tanshi Co., Ltd.
Oct. 1996
Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. Since then, elected 9 times consecutively
Dec. 1999
Appointed Chairman of Shonan Bellmare Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2002
Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications(1st Koizumi Cabinet)
Apr. 2002
Became a living donor and transplanted the liver to his father
Nov. 2005
Appointed State Minister of Justice(3rd Koizumi Cabinet (Reshuffled))
Sep. 2008
Elected Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the House of Representatives
Oct. 2015
Appointed Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission,
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform,
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform,
Minister of State for Disaster Management,
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform,
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
(3rd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled))
Aug. 2017
Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs(3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd Reshuffled))
Sep. 2019
Appointed Minister of Defense(4th Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled))
Sep. 2020
Appointed Minister in charge of Administrative Reform,
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform,
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs,
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
(Suga Cabinet)
Jan. 2021
Appointed Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out(Suga Cabinet)
Aug. 2022
Appointed Minister for Digital Transformation,
Minister for Digital Reform,
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety,
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
(2nd Kishida Cabinet (Reshuffled))
Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation, Chief Officer of Digital Agency
ASANUMA Takashi
Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation, Chief Officer of Digital Agency
Date of Birth
May 11, 1976
Place of Birth
Tokyo Metropolis
Education
Mar. 2001
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
Aug. 2007
Ph.D Program Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
Aug. 2010
Ph.D Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
(School of Integrated Design Engineering)
Career
Apr. 2001
Toshiba corp
Apr. 2010
Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Jan. 2013
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Feb. 2017
Tigerspike(Concentrix Catalyst)
Sep. 2018
Chief Experience Officer of Japan Digital Design
Sep. 2021
Chief Design Officer of Digital Agency
Apr. 2022
Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation, Chief Officer of Digital Agency