Katsuhito Asano

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Councillors (Aichi District)
(1st term, Also elected three times as Member of the House of Representatives)

Curriculum Vitae

• 19 April 1938 Born in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture (68 years old)
• March 1961 Graduated from Waseda University (School of Political Science and Economics)
• April 1961 Political Journalist, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
  (Held positions of chief reporter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Section, the LDP Section, and Prime Minister's Office Section)
• August 1982 Commentator, NHK
• February 1990 Member of the House of Representatives (first time)
• October 1996 Member of the House of Representatives
• October 1999 Director, National Defense Division, LDP
• June 2000 Member of the House of Representatives
• July 2000 Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
• December 2000 Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• May 2001 Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
• May 2001 Vice-Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters-cum-Director, Information Division, LDP
• July 2004 Member of the House of Councillors (first time)
• July 2004 Chief Director, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the House of Councillors
• September 2006 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

Others

• General Secretary, Parliamentarians' League for Promotion of Construction of the Second Tomei Highway, LDP
• Chairman, Japan-Slovak Parliamentary Friendship League
• Chief Secretary, Subcommittee on Automobile Industry, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP

Family

• Wife, 2 daughters, 2 grandchildren