Kennedy School grad Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Co-sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School Club of Japan and Harvard Club of Japan
We are honored to host a talk (IN ENGLISH) by HKS alum Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Minister Hayashi will discuss current issues such as the TPP trade agreement and agricultural reform. Time will be provided for Q&A from the audience.
Location: Roppongi Hills Club http://www.roppongihillsclub.com/visitor/dfw/en/common/pdf/map.pdf
Date: February 13, 2014 18:30-21:00
Cost: 7,000 yen payable in cash only at the door. Includes standup buffet dinner. All beverages are extra cost available at cash bar.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正 Hayashi Yoshimasa,
born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal
Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the
Diet (national legislature), currently serving his fourth term in
the Upper House representing Yamaguchi Prefecture. He is the Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Hayashi graduated from
the University of Tokyo and graduated from the John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In the
United States, he was a staffer for U.S. Representative Stephen L.
Neal and U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr.. He began his career with
Mitsui & Co.. Hayashi entered politics as a secretary to his
father, Finance Minister Yoshiro Hayashi in 1993.
Hayashi was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in
1995. He represents the fourth generation of politicians in
his family and has concentrated on administrative and tax reform
since taking office.
Hayashi was appointed to the Cabinet for the first time as Minister of
Defense on 1 August 2008. He was appointed to the Minister of State for Economic and
Fiscal Policy in Cabinet office 2009.
After the LDP returned to power in the December 2012 general election
Hayashi was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries.
He likes karaoke and golf. He plays the guitar and keyboard with LDP
colleagues in a band called Gi!nz.