Yoshiaki Harada

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.

Yoshiaki Harada
原田 義昭
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
20 October 1996
In office
18 February 1990 – 18 July 1993
Personal details
Born (1944-10-01) 1 October 1944
Yamada, Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Overviews
addressed Japan Climate Action Summit (at Toranomon Hills on October 12, 2018)

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
  1. "プロフィール". chikushino.jimdo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. Yoshida, Reiji (2004-05-21). "False claims lead Harada to quit post". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
House of Representatives of 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
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