Yasutoshi Nishimura - Profile
Member of the House of Representative
Liberal Democratic Party
As of: November 16, 2009
Present Positions
●Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council
Chief Secretary, Diet League for Establishment of New Security Framework by Junior Lawmakers
Deputy Chief Secretary, Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship League
Executive Member, Diet League to Study Policy of Support for Fishery Management
Member of Diet League for Revitalizing the Contents Industry
Member of Diet League for Automobiles
Member of Diet League for National Child Car
Field of Specialty/Interest
●Economic and budgetary policy, including issues of administrative and tax-system reform
●Technology development policy, including new environmentally-friendly energy sources
●Strategic foreign policy including ODA, FTA & EPA and energy policy
Educational Background
●Born on 15th October 1962 (45 years of age)
●Graduated from Faculty of Law, Tokyo University, 1985
●Graduated from Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, U.S.A, 1992
●Professor upon Special Invitation, Taisho University, from 2002
●Part-time Lecturer, Osaka University of Economics, from 2003
●Visiting-Professor, Kanazawa Industrial University, from 2004
●Visiting-Professor, Chuo University, Graduate School of Public Policy, from 2007 Working
Working Experience
●Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), 1985
●Attended Summit on Global Environment, Brazil, 1992
●Chief of the Ishikawa Prefecture Commerce and Industry Division, 1995
●Director, Environmental Protection and Industrial Location Bureau, MITI, 1999
●Elected Member of the House of Representatives in 43rd General Election, 2003, in 44th General Election, 2005, and in 45 th General Election, 2009.
●Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Aug 2008 - Sep 2009
Office: Room #401 Shugiin Dai-ichi Giinkaikan, 2-2-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8981
Phone: +81-3-3508-7101 Fax: +81-3-3508-3401 URL: http://www.yasutoshi.jp
