Yasuhide Nakayama was elected in December 2012 as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing the Liberal Democratic Party. In past governments he was a Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and had served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for six years representing the Liberal Democratic Party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His first-hand experience of Japanese politics goes back 15 years. He has served as secretary to the Minister of Construction, secretary to the State Minister of the Management and Co-ordination Bureau, and as policy secretary for the former Minister of Defense and former Minister for the Environment, Yuriko Koike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nakayama has also been Chairman of the Defense Committee of the LDP, was chairman of the Japan-Israel Parliamentary Friendship League, chairman of the Committee on Organizations Involved with Public Safety, and Secretary-General for the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of International Market Competitiveness, among many other high-profile posts in parliament and within the LDP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After graduating from the law faculty of Seijo University, he worked for advertising agency Dentsu on high-profile issues. He spent three years in France in his high school years. Nakayama also worked as Assistant to President for Pasona Group Inc., a manpower company, and as Senior Adviser to GR Japan, a government relations consultancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nakayama is currently Japan\u2019s State Minister of Defense.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2667,"template":"","meta":[],"roles":[],"yoast_head":"\n