YojiMuto

Yoji Muto

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister for Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation

Date of Birth: October 18, 1955
Born in Gifu Prefecture
Member of the House of Representatives
Gifu Prefecture 3rd Electoral District (elected six times)
March 1978: Graduated from the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University

April 1978Joined Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.
September 1988Joined Mutouka Shoji
February 1990Secretary to Minister of International Trade and Industry
December 1996President, Mutouka Shoji
December 2004President, Kikukawa Co., Ltd.
September 2005Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (44th General Election)
December 2012Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election)
September 2013Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (Second Abe Reshuffled Cabinet, Third Abe Cabinet (reappointment))
December 2014Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election)
October 2015State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Third Abe Reshuffled Cabinet)
August 2008Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) / Director, Standing Committee on Budget, House of Representatives (HR)
August 2009State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / Director-General of Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters / State Minister of Cabinet Office (Third Abe Reshuffled Cabinet, Forth Abe Cabinet (reappointment))
October 2017Elected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election)
October 2018Chairperson, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HR
October 2018Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Strategy, LDP
September 2019Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division
October 2019Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR
February 2020Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
October 2020Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise and Small Business, LDP
October 2021Elected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election)
November 2021Chairperson, Special Committee on Wildlife Damage Control, LDP
November 2021Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Market Competitiveness Policy, LDP
November 2021Acting Chief Secretary, Petroleum Distribution Issues Parliamentary Association, LDP
November 2021Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Comprehensive Agriculture and Forestry Administration, LDP
December 2021Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
December 2021Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Comprehensive Energy Strategy, LDP
May 2022Chairperson, Federation of Gifu Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches
September 2022Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, LDP
October 2024Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister for Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
(First Ishiba Cabinet)
October 2024Elected to the House of Representatives (50th General Election)
November 2024Current position (Listed at the top of the page)
(Second Ishiba Cabinet)