(Real Name: ARAI Rui)
Born:
February 26, 1971, Oita Prefecture
Education:
1993 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
1997 Georgetown University,
Master of Science in Foreign Service
Career:
1993 joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
First Secretary, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva
Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Korea
2011 Deputy Secretary General, Japan-China-Korea
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat in Seoul
2014 Director, Gender Mainstreaming Division,
Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA
2016 first elected to the House of Councillors
2022 second elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the Government)
2020 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
(as of May 11,2023)