Jiro Akama

Jiro Akama
赤間 二郎
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Assumed office
21 October 2025
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byManabu Sakai
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
16 December 2012
Preceded byKentaro Motomura
ConstituencyKanagawa 14th
In office
11 September 2005 – 30 August 2009
Preceded byHirohisa Fujii
Succeeded byKentaro Motomura
ConstituencyKanagawa 14th
Member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly
In office
11 April 1999 – 11 September 2005
ConstituencySagamihara City
Personal details
Born (1968-03-27) March 27, 1968 (age 58)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Political partyLDP (since 1999)
Spouse(s)Mamiko Akama
Children3
Alma materRikkyo 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Most senior Japanese official in 45 years pays visit to Taiwan". The Japan Times. March 25, 2017. 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.

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