Mr. YAKURA Katsuo
- Komeito
- Elected 2013 and 2019, Saitama Prefecture
- Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
（as of May 19,2022)
Committee on Judicial Affairs (Chairman)
Committee on Budget
Special Committee on Regional Revitalization and Formation of a Digital Society
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)