AKAMATSU Ken
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
AKAMATSU Ken
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
- Date of Birth
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- Place of Birth
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Tokyo Metropolis
Career
- Sep. 1993
- Debuted as a manga artist after receiving the Judges’ Special Award at the 50th Weekly Shonen Magazine Newcomer Manga Awards
- May 2001
- Received the 25th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shonen Category
- Jun. 2018
- Appointed Managing Director of the Japan Cartoonists Association
- Jul. 2022
- First elected to the House of Councillors in the 26th regular election
- Aug. 2022
- Member, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, House of Councillors
Member, Research Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security, House of Councillors
Member, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, House of Councillors
Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors - Oct. 2022
- Deputy Secretary-General, Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy, LDP
- Nov. 2022
- Deputy Secretary-General, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, LDP
- Dec. 2022
- Deputy Secretary-General, MANGA Parliamentary League
- Jan. 2023
- Deputy Secretary-General, Project Team on the Evolution and Implementation of AI, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, LDP
- Feb. 2023
- Executive Member, Special Committee on Space and Ocean Development, LDP
- Oct. 2023
- Executive Member, Research Commission on Culture-Oriented Nation Building, LDP
- Nov. 2023
- Director, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, House of Councillors
- Dec. 2023
- Deputy Director, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division, LDP
Secretary-General, Project Team for Supporting Creators and Artists, Research Commission on Culture-Oriented Nation Building, LDP - Jul. 2024
- Member, Presidential Election Administration Committee, LDP Headquarters
- Nov. 2024
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Second Ishiba Cabinet)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
(Second Ishiba Cabinet) - Oct. 2025
- Vice Chairperson, Policy Board, LDP Members of the House of Councillors
Deputy Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP - Nov. 2025
- Director, Research Committee on Natural Resources and Energy and a Sustainable Society, House of Councillors
Deputy Director, International Bureau, LDP - Sep. 2026
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (The Takaichi Reshuffled Cabinet)