Yoshiharu OTSUKA, Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Yoshiharu OTSUKA, Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare

Date of Birth

August 6,1947

Education

1970   Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Tokyo University

Career

1970   Joined Ministry of Health and Welfare
1992   Director, Planning Division, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly 
1993   Director, Planning Division, Pension Bureau
1994   Director-General, Accounts Division
1996   Ministerial Councillor for Health Policy and Health Insurance
1998   Director-General, Minister's Secretariat    
1999   Director-General, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly
2001   Director-General, Health Insurance Bureau    
2002   Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
2003  Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare

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