Yoshiaki Harada

Minister of the EnvironmentIn office
2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019Prime MinisterShinzō AbePreceded byMasaharu NakagawaSucceeded byShinjirō KoizumiMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office
21 December 2012 – 14 October 2021In office
20 October 1996 – 21 Jury 2009ConstituencyFukuoka 5th districtIn office
19 February 1990 – 18 June 1993ConstituencyKanagawa 2nd district Personal detailsBorn (1944-10-01) 1 October 1944 (age 79)
Yamada, Fukuoka Prefecture, JapanPolitical partyLiberal DemocraticAlma materUniversity of Tokyo

Yoshiaki Harada (原田 義昭, Harada Yoshiaki, born October 1, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Harada represents the 2nd District of Kanagawa prefecture, which includes the cities of Kawasaki, Yokosuka, and Kamakura.

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A native of Yamada, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he jointed Nippon Steel in 1968 and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1970, the year in which he also passed the bar exam. While in the ministry, he attended The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States, a graduate school of international relations.^[1] In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time after running unsuccessfully in 1986 as an independent. After losing his seat in 1993 he was re-elected in 1996.

Harada served as senior vice education minister until May 2004, when he was forced to resign after it was found that he had falsely claimed to have graduated from the Fletcher School, even though he had not earned enough credits to do so. He was replaced in this post by Shinya Ono.^[2]

Harada is married with three daughters and holds official ranks in judo, shogi and go.^[1]

References

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Hirotaka Akamatsu	Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 2005–2006	Succeeded by Taimei Yamaguchi
Preceded by Tatsuya Itō	Chair, Committee on Financial Affairs of the House of Representatives 2007–2008	Succeeded by Kazunori Tanaka
Preceded by Tetsuma Esaki	Chair, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs of the House of Representatives 2016–2017	Succeeded by Yoshitaka Sakurada
Political offices
Preceded by Takeo Kawamura, Kisaburō Tokai	Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2003–2004 Served alongside: Ichizō Miyamoto	Succeeded by Shinya Ono, Yamato Inaba
Preceded by Masaharu Nakagawa	Minister of the Environment 2018–2019	Succeeded by Shinjirō Koizumi