Kenji TSUNEKAWA

Education

Graduated from the Faculty of Literature, Tokyo University

Career

1975  Joined Ministry of Labour

1984  Director, Employment Security Division, Department of Commerce, Industry and Labour, Niigata Prefecture

1986 Deputy Director , Planning Office, Human Resources Development Division, Human Resources Development Bureau

1988  First Secretary, Japanese Mission to the European Community

1992  Investigation officer, Employment Measures for the Aged Division, Measures for the Aged and Disabled Department, Employment Security Bureau

1992  Director, Foreign Worker’s Affairs Office, Employment Policy Division, Employment Security Bureau

1992  Director, Foreign Worker’s Affairs Division, Employment Security Bureau

1994  Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva

1997  Director, Industry and Labour Research Division, Policy Planning and Research Department, Minister’s Secretariat

1998  Director, International Labour Affair’s Division, Minster’s Secretariat

2001 Assistant Director-General for International Affairs

2002 Councillor for Health and Welfare for the Elderly

2003  Director-General, Industrial Safety & Health Department

2004 Director-General, Statistics and Information Department

2005  Assistant Minister for International Affairs