Shingo Miyake

Shingo Miyake
三宅 伸吾
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
29 July 2013
Preceded byEmiko Uematsu
ConstituencyKagawa at-large
Personal details
Born (1961-11-24) 24 November 1961
Shido, Kagawa, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University
Columbia University
University of Tokyo

Shingo Miyake (born November 24, 1961) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.[1]

Career

He graduated from Waseda University in 1986 from the School of Political Science and Economics. In 1989, he graduated from Columbia University in New York City, and finally the Graduate school for Law and Politics in 1995.

He worked for Nikkei Inc. as a writer.[2]

Since 2001, he has worked in the field of international labour standards.[3]

He was elected in 2013 and 2019[4] and serves as a parliamentary vice-Minister for Foreign affairs.[5] In 2017, he was chosen as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, and 2021 as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.

On November 28 2024, he was appointed as Chairman of the Finance and Financial Committee.[6]

References

  1. ^ "MIYAKE Shingo | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan". www.jimin.jp. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ^ "プロフィール | 三宅しんご公式サイト". miyakeshingo.jp (in Japanese). 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  3. ^ "Mr. Shingo Miyake". www.ilo.org. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ "List of the Members:House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  5. ^ "Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAKE Shingo". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  6. ^ 日本放送協会 (2024-11-28). "参議院 新たな常任委員長や特別委員長決まる | NHK". NHKニュース. Retrieved 2025-03-20.