Hiroshi Kajiyama (politician)

Hiroshi Kajiyama
Hiroshi Kajiyama
梶山弘志
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
	In office; 25 October 2019 – 4 October 2021
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe ; Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by	Isshu Sugawara
Succeeded by	Kōichi Hagiuda
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
	In office; 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Kozo Yamamoto
Succeeded by	Satsuki Katayama
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 June 2000
Preceded by	Seiroku Kajiyama
Constituency	Ibaraki 4th
Personal details
Born	18 October 1955 (age 69); Hitachiōta, Ibaraki, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Parent	Seiroku Kajiyama (father);
Alma mater	Nihon University

Hiroshi Kajiyama (梶山弘志, Kajiyama Hiroshi, born 18 October 1955) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from October 2019 to October 2021. He is a member of the House of Representative since 2000, representing the Ibaraki 4th district.

Early life

Kajiyama was born in Hitachiōta, Ibaraki. His father, Seiroku Kajiyama, was a prefectural assemblyman who later won a seat in the House of Representatives and rose to the positions of LDP Secretary-General and several Cabinet posts. Kajiyama graduated from Nihon University and joined the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation in 1979, where he worked until 1985. After a stint as his father's secretary from 1985 to 1988, he started a non-ferrous metals trading company and served as its president.^[1]

Political career

After his father's death in 2000, Kajiyama successfully ran to take over his father's seat in the 2000 general election. He thereafter won re-election six times.^[1]

In 2006, he was appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Administration.^[2]

Kajiyama was appointed to serve as State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2012.^[1]

In August 2017, he was appointed to serve as minister in charge of administrative reforms, and announced new guidelines on the management of administrative documents. This came in the wake of the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, in which the government was accused of destroying records to cover up a favorable land-sale contract.^[3]

In October 2019, he was appointed to serve as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness, Minister in charge of International Exposition, Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia, Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident, and Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation.^[1] As METI minister, he announced initiatives to phase out coal power in Japan in favor of renewable energy.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry". www.meti.go.jp. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "Hiroshi KAJIYAMA (The Cabinet) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet". 202.214.194.139. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ Yoshida, Reiji (30 August 2017). "New guidelines governing documents to be put in place by year-end: Kajiyama". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "METI minister signals a major shift for Japan away from coal and toward renewables". The Japan Times. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

External links

Official website in Japanese

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Seiroku Kajiyama	Representative for Ibaraki 4th district 2000–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Yasushi Kaneko	Chairman of the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2013–2014	Succeeded by Masahiro Imamura
Political offices
Preceded by Kozo Yamamoto	Minister of State for Regulatory Reform 2017–2018	Succeeded by Satsuki Katayama
Preceded by Kozo Yamamoto	Minister of State for Regional Revitalisation 2017–2018	Succeeded by Satsuki Katayama
Preceded by Isshu Sugawara	Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2019–2021	Succeeded by Koichi Hagiuda
Party political offices
Preceded by Seiko Noda	Executive Acting Secretary General, Liberal Democratic Party 2021–2024	Succeeded by Tatsuo Fukuda

[:0-1] "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry". www.meti.go.jp. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[2] "Hiroshi KAJIYAMA (The Cabinet) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet". 202.214.194.139. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[3] Yoshida, Reiji (30 August 2017). "New guidelines governing documents to be put in place by year-end: Kajiyama". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[4] "METI minister signals a major shift for Japan away from coal and toward renewables". The Japan Times. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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