Koichi Hagiuda

Koichi Hagiuda is a Japanese politician who now serves as the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Council. He was previously Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry from October 2021 to August 2022, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2015 to 2016, and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology from 2019 to 2021.

Hagiuda was born and raised in Hachiōji and graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo High School and Meiji University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.