PROFILE OF PARLIAMENTARY VICE-MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Date of Birth Place of Birth Party affiliation |
Education and Career
| March 1987 | Graduated Kaijo Junior and Senior High School |
| March 1993 | Graduated Chuo University, Faculty of Letters |
| Sept. 1993 | Received the Rookie of the Year Jury’s Special Award from the Weekly Shonen Magazine (at the 50th Weekly Shonen Magazine Awards) Debuted as Manga artist |
| May 2001 | Received the Kodansha Manga Award for the Shonen Manga Category (at the 25th Kodansha Manga Awards) |
| Jan. 2008 | Established J-Comi Inc., assumed post of President and Representative Director |
| Nov. 2010 | Inducted into Amazon’s 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame |
| June 2015 | Director, J-Comic Terrace Corporation |
| June 2018 | Managing Director, The Japan Cartoonists Association |
| July 2022 | Elected for the first time to the House of Councillors Member, Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors Diet Affairs Committee, HC |
| Aug. 2022 | Member, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, HC Member, Research Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security, HC Member, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HC Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, HC |
| Sept. 2022 | Deputy Director-General, Internet Media Division, Public Relations Headquarters, LDP Deputy Director-General, Women’s Affairs Division, LDP |
| Oct. 2022 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy, LDP Vice-Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), LDP |
| Nov. 2022 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, Policy Research Council, LDP |
| Dec. 2022 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Parliamentarians’ League for Japan’s Anime, Manga, and Games |
| Jan. 2023 | Headquarters for the Promotion of Digital Society, Project Team on the Evolution, and Implementation of AI, LDP |
| Feb. 2023 | Secretary, Special Committee on Space and Ocean Development, LDP |
| Oct. 2023 | Secretary, Research Committee for the Establishment of a Culture Oriented Nation, LDP Deputy Director, Publicity and Strategies Division, LDP Vice President, Central Institute of Politics, LDP |
| Nov. 2023 | Director, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, HC |
| Dec. 2023 | Deputy Director, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division, LDP Chief Secretary, Research Committee for the Establishment of a Culture Oriented Nation, Project Team on Supporting Creators and Artists, LDP |
| Jan. 2024 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Market Competitiveness Policy, LDP Member, Committee on Audit, HC Member, Special Committee on Political Reform, HC |
| Feb. 2024 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Special Committee for the Promotion of the Cool Japan Strategy, LDP |
| May 2024 | Deputy Chief Secretary, Research Commission for the Promotion of Healthy Development of Youths, LDP |
| July 2024 | Member, Party Headquarters, Election Management Committee for LDP Presidential Election |
| Nov. 2024 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Second Ishiba Cabinet) |
（Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat）