Member of the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan

Ms. Satsuki Katayama, member of the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan. She joined the Ministry of Finance in 1982. In 1991, she became the first female member of the governmental delegation to the G7 Summit. In 2004, she became the first female budget examiner in the Budget Bureau and was involved in setting out the National Defense Program Guidelines. After she retired from the Ministry of Finance in 2005, due to strong demand of Junichiro KOIZUMI, former Prime Minister, she ran for election, elected to the House of Representatives and served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry. In 2010 and 2016, she was elected to the House of Councillors. After that, she worked as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the Government and as Chairperson of the committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense in the House of Councillors. She belongs to Liberal Democratic Party, serving as Acting Chairperson of the Policy Research Council.