This is the official background information for Goshi Hosono. There is nothing to indicate this person has the understanding to manage the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In fact, this may be the very reason that the whole Fukushima nuclear accident has become even worse with the spreading radiation. Maybe if Goshi Hosono had looked at this as something that would be affecting the lives of people in Japan rather than a photo-op and a chance for him to portray himself as a “hero”, he would have not accepted the position, instead he would have pushed for someone who had the knowledge of nuclear issues to take the position, even if it meant that the Government of Japan had to get someone who was not a politician. His selfishness is apparent.
Minister of the Environment
Goshi HOSONO
Minister of the Environment, Japan
Political Party
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives
Education
1995 BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University
Career
1995 Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting)
2000 Elected as a DPJ’s Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency)
2003 Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency)
2005 Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office.
2009 Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ’s Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ’s Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee.
2011 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident).
2011 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Minister for Power Saving Promotion
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
2011 Minister of the Environment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
2011 Minister of the Environment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
Hobbies
Stroll
http://www.env.go.jp/en/aboutus/profile/minister.html
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