Member, House of Representatives, Japan
KONO Taro is a 10th-term Member of the House of Representatives. He previously served as the McCain Institute’s Honorary Kissinger Fellow. Among positions he has held in the past are Foreign Minister; Defense Minister; Digital Minister; Minister for Cybersecurity; Minister in charge of COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out; Minister for Administrative Affairs; He is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He is Chairman of the Japan Race Horse Association and former Chairman of the Shonan Bellmare Football Club, the 1995 Asia Champion Soccer Club. He is married to Kaori and has a son, Ippei.
