Jiro Akama | |
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赤間 二郎 | |
| Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Sanae Takaichi |
| Preceded by | Manabu Sakai |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kentaro Motomura |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 14th |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 30 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hirohisa Fujii |
| Succeeded by | Kentaro Motomura |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 14th |
| Member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 11 April 1999 – 11 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | Sagamihara City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1968 Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (since 1999) |
| Spouse(s) | Mamiko Akama |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Rikkyo University (BEc) University of Manchester (MSc, Economic Sociology) |
Jiro Akama (赤間 二郎, Akama Jirō; born March 27, 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet since 2012. He is the Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. In 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi named him as Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission.
Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Jiro Akama visited Taiwan on Saturday, becoming the most senior government official to visit the island since the two sides severed diplomatic ties in 1972.