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Education:
1958 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Law Department
Career:
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1958 |
Joined Ministry of Finance (MOF) |
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1961-63 |
Fulbright Exchange Student at the University of Pennsylvania Majoring in International Relations; Consultant on Asian Affairs, Board of Education (Philadelphia) |
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1965 |
Director, Ise Regional Tax Office |
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1971-75 |
First Secretary to the Permanent Delegation of Japan in Geneva |
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1977 |
Director, International Organizations Section, International Finance Bureau, MOF |
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Resigned from MOF run for the Governor of Kagawa |
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1986 |
Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives |
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1990-91 |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Posts and Telecommunications |
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1992 |
Chairman, Subcommittee on Part-time Labour, Standing Committee on Labour, H.R. |
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1993 |
Member, General Council, LDP |
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1994 |
Director, National Defence Division, LDP |
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1996 |
Director, Prime Minister's Office, LDP |
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1997 |
Chairman, Standing Comittee on Transportaion, H.R. |
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1998 |
Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP |
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Chairman, Special Committee on Problems of Foreign Students, LDP |
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Deputy Chairman, Special Committee on Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation, H.R. |
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1999 |
Senior State Secretary for Finance |
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2000 |
Depury Secretary-General, LDP |
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Senior State Secretary for Science and Technology |
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2001 |
Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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2002 |
Chairman, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration, H.R. |
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2003 |
Chairman, Research Commission on the Annuities System, LDP |
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2004 |
Minister of State for Defense |
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2005 |
Chairman, Special Committee on Military Bases, LDP |
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Chairman, Shikoku-Regional Bloc Conference of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet, LDP |
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Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP |
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Member, Standing Committee on Budget, H.R. |
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Member, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R. |
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Member, General Council, LDP |
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Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP |
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2006 |
Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Expanding the Size of Regional Divisions, LDP |
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Counselor, Research Commission on Security, LDP |
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Counselor, Research Commission on Foreign Relation, LDP |
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2007 |
Chairman, Research Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems, LDP |
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Senior Director, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R. |
Currently serving as:
- Chairman, Reseach Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems, LDP
- Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
- Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP
- Member, Standing Committee on Budget, H.R.
- Counselor, Research Commission on Expanding the Size of Regional Divisions, LDP
- Counselor, Research Commission on Security, LDP
- Counselor, Research Commission on Foreign Relation, LDP
- etc
Former Posts in the Liberal Democratic Party:
- Secretary General, Research Commission on Security
- Chairman, International Affairs Subcommittee, Special Committee on Economic
Policy
- Chief Secretary, Special Committee on Railway Issues
- Chief Secretary, Political Reformation Headquarters
- Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Public Administration and Finances
- Deputy Chairman, Investigation Committee for the Finance and Banking Systems
- Chairman, Shikoku-Regional Bloc Conference of Party Members of Both House
of the Diet, LDP
- Chairman, Special Committee on Military Bases, LDP
- Member, General Council, LDP
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Major Speech Transcript given by Yoshinori Ohno
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- "Responding to WMD Challenges in the Asia-Pacific: Diplomacy and Deterrence,"
4th Asia Security Conference, The International Institute for Strategic
Studies Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue), Singapore, 4 June,
2005
- Transcript of a speech given by Yoshinori Ohno, Minister of State for Defense
of Japan, at The American Chamber of Commerce, 2005.
- Transcript of a Testimony by Rep. Yoshinori Ohno hearing "Strengthening
Social Security: Can We Learn from Other Nations?," at the U.S. Senate
Special Committee on Aging, May 18, 2004.
- Transcript of a speech given by Yoshinori Ohno, Senior State Secretary for Finance, Governer for Japan, at the 9th Annual Meeting of The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Riga, May 21-22, 2000.
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[Domestic Affairs]
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[International / Diplomatical / Security Affairs]
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[Economic / Agricultural / National Land Affairs]
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This part contains only articles in 2001 and is frozen.
Opinion:
<Introduction of Korean to National Center for University Entrance
Examinations' Tests> -2001 March 9th (Friday)
I am against the very use of foreign languages as a subject
for the university placement examinations. This is because even when foreign
languages are employed for the entrances examinations, and even after studying
these languages for years, the effort comes to serve no purpose in the
lives of these students. Even Americans themselves look at the grammar
questions and often have no idea what the correct answers are. (Click
here to continue)
Opinion:
<Slight Increase in the Initial Employment Rate> -2001 March
9th (Thursday)
When I am asked what is the one key area that is responsible
for the Japan's economic maladies, without hesitation I respond that it
is the employment practices in Japan. These practices are of great concern
to the economy. The unemployment rate of 4.9% is a figure that was never
seen before in Japan and - what's more - this has the potential to rise
even higher. (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<Diving into Education> -2001 March 6th (Tuesday)
"Education is a journey of self-discovery." I
find this to be a very telling description.
Postwar Japan has been able to profit on the economic front through standard
large-scale production. Furthermore, going along the thinking of groups
like the Socialist and Communist Parties, the idea of an elite education
has been replaced with one that is uniform. But the era of standard large-scale
production and uniform education has already ended. (Click
here to continue)
Opinion:
<This Time It's "Nay" to the Non-confidence Vote>
-2001 March 5th (Monday)
Today the cabinet was subjected to a non-confidence proposal
presented by the opposition parties. After debate, the resolution was defeated
with 274 against and 192 for the measure, of a total of 466 votes. This
time I voted against the proposal. However, last autumn, the Kato and Yamazaki
factions (the latter to which I belong) were going to support a non-confidence
proposal, but in the end they simply did not attend the vote, effectively
keeping the cabinet in power. This time, why did we decide to attend and
vote against the measure? (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<The Textbook Issue> -2001 March 2nd (Friday)
The Japanese textbooks currently in the certification process
are being barraged with criticism by China and Korea. These books are slated
to be released this year and will be put into use in 2002. And 2002 has
wider educational changes underfoot, including the switch to a five-day
long school week and the application of new guidance policies. Before diving
into China and Korea's complaints, we must first look procedurally at the
process in which the contents of the textbooks were leaked in advance prior
to the certification. (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<A New Look at Economic Policy> -2001 February 23rd, (Friday)
LDP policy chief Kamei recently visited President Yamazaki
of the Near Future Research Committee so once again the discussion naturally
led to economic policy. My opinion on economic policy is as follows.
1) Quantitative Easing Theory
2) Inflation Targeting
3) Treasury Stock
(Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<What Do You Thinks of These Figures?> -2001 February 23 (Friday)
According to today's news, the powerful U.S.-based rating
agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Japan's international ranking
from the highest AAA to AA+. Minister of Finance Miyazawa called this maneuver
"odd" and Yanagisawa, head of the Financial Services Agency,
called it "unwanted meddling." I sympathize with their comments,
but - putting that aside - how should we think of the following figures
for Japan: (Click here to continue)
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