Mr. YAKURA Katsuo'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACE

Mr. YAKURA Katsuo

  • Komeito
  • Elected 2013 and 2019, Saitama Prefecture
  • Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
    （as of August 4,2020)
    Committee on Judicial Affairs (Director)
    Committee on Oversight of Administration
    Special Committee on Disasters (Director)
    Commission on the Constitution

Born:
 January 11, 1975, Kanagawa Prefecture

Education:
 1997 University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
 2005 University of California, Los Angeles (LL.M.)

Career:
 1998 passed the National Bar Examination
 2000 joined Anderson Mori (law firm) (now Anderson Mori
    & Tomotsune) as a lawyer
 2009 transferred to Ministry of Economy, Trade and
    Industry (Assistant Director to the Counselor,
    Multilateral Trade System Department)
 2013 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major post in the Government)
 2016 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture,
    Forestry and Fisheries

(as of July 30,2020)

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