Ministers
Minister for Digital
MAKISHIMA Karen
Minister for Digital
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Date of Birth
November 1,1976
Place of Birth
Kanagawa Prefecture
Education
Mar. 1995
Graduated Yokohama Futaba High School
Mar. 2000
Graduated International Christian University, Social Science
Mar. 2001
M.A. in political management at George Washington University
Women’s Campaign School at Yale University
Jun. 2008
Ph.D, Graduate School of International Christian University
(political science and public administration)
Career
Dec. 2012
Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election)
Dec. 2014
Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term)
Oct. 2015
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office: Financial Service Agency, Local Revitalization, and Disaster Prevention
Oct. 2017
Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election, third term)
Nov. 2018
Chief Secretary, Special Mission Committee on IT Strategy, LDP
Oct. 2019
Chief Secretary, Digital Nation LDP Special Committee
Sep. 2020
Director, Youth Division, LDP
Oct. 2020
Chief Secretary, Digital Society Promotion Headquarters, LDP
Oct. 2021
Minister for Digital
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election, fourth term)
Nov.2021
Minister for Digital
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
State Minister for Digital
KOBAYASHI Fumiaki
State Minister for Digital
State Minister of Cabinet Office
Date of Birth
April 8,1983
Place of Birth
Hiroshima Prefecture
Education
Mar. 2007
Education Graduated Sophia University, Faculty of
Science and Technology
Career
Apr. 2007
Telecommunication Company
Dec. 2012
Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election)
Dec. 2014
Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term)
Sep. 2016
Advisor to the Chairperson, Headquarters for Promoting Administrative Reform, LDP
Aug. 2017
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Oct. 2017
Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election, third term)
Nov. 2017
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Nov. 2018
Director, Committees of Internal Affairs and Communications, House of Representatives
Sep. 2019
Director, Youth Division, LDP
Oct. 2019
Primacy Deputy Secretary of Research Commission
on Info-Communications Strategy, LDP
Dec. 2020
Director, Committees of Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives
Jan. 2021
Special Advisor to the Minister of Cabinet Office
Oct. 2021
State Minister for Digital
State Minister of Cabinet Office
Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election, fourth term)
Nov. 2021
State Minister for Digital
State Minister of Cabinet Office
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital
YAMADA Taro
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Date of Birth
May 12, 1967
Place of Birth
Tokyo Prefecture
Education
Mar. 1993
Graduated Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Mar. 2006
PhD Program International Relations,
Graduated School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Career
May. 1993
Andersen Consulting (Accenture PLC)
Apr. 1994
Baan Japan Inc.(Infor Japan)
Oct. 1995
Pricewaterhouse Consultant(IBM Japan)
Jan. 2000
Vice President, Parametric Technology Corporation (Listed on NASDAQ)
Apr. 2001
Lecturer, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Jul. 2001
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nextech Corporation
Apr. 2006
Visiting Associate Professor, MBA, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University
Apr. 2008
Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jun. 2008
Director and Advisor, Nextech Corporation (Listed on TSE Mothers on 2005)
Dec. 2012
First elected to the House of Councilors (22nd regular election)
Aug. 2016
Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
New Culture Lab Inc.
Nov. 2016
Advisor, HONGO TSUJI Tax & Consulting
Feb. 2017
Director, ROBOTCOM
Jul. 2019
Re-elected to the House of Councilors (25th regular election)
Oct. 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Nov. 2021
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Chief Officer of Digital Agency
ASANUMA Takashi
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
Chief Officer of Digital Agency