YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi

Director-General, International Bureau,
Liberal Democratic Party

Member, House of Representatives
Constituency: Hyogo 12th District; Elected 8 times

Born

October 3, 1954

Education

1978	Graduated from Faculty of Law (Third Department, Political Science), The University of Tokyo
1979	Graduated from Faculty of Law (Second Department, Public Law), The University of Tokyo
1982	Received master's degree from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
1989	Received doctorate degree from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

Career

1979	Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
1980	Attaché, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
1982	Aid Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA
1984	Operations Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, Japan Defense Agency
1986	Deputy Director, First International Economic Affairs Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, MOFA
1987	Principal Deputy Director, Security Policy Division, Information Analysis, Research and Planning Bureau, MOFA
1989	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in China
1991	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Pakistan
1993	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
1995	Director, International Science Cooperation Division, MOFA
2000	Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time
2011	Senior Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (for National Policy) Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2016	Chairperson, Committee on Security, HR
2017	Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, LDP
2018	Chairperson, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HR Deputy Chairperson, Election Strategy Committee, LDP
2020	Chief Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
2021	Minister of the Environment
2022	Deputy Chairperson, Special Committee on Traffic Safety, LDP Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Foreign Affairs, LDP
2023	Advisor, Research Commission on Environment and Global Warming Countermeasures, LDP Advisor, Research Commission on International Cooperation, LDP
2025	Deputy Chairperson, Headquarters for Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy, Policy Research Council LDP