Kaname Tajima

Kaname Tajima
田嶋 要
Official portrait, 2008
Assumed office
9 November 2003
Preceded byHideo Usui
Constituency
See list
  • Chiba 1st (2003–2005)
  • PR block (2005–2009)
  • Chiba 1st (2009–2017)
  • PR block (2017–2021)
  • Chiba 1st (2021–2026)
  • PR block (2026–present)
Personal details
Born (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961
PartyCRA (since 2026)
Other political
affiliations
DPJ (2003–2016)
DP (2016–2017)
KnT (2017–2018)
Independent (2018–2020)
CDP (2020–2026)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
University of Pennsylvania

Kaname Tajima (田嶋 要, Tajima Kaname; born 1961) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Nagoya, Aichi he attended the University of Tokyo and also earned MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after working at NTT for 20 years.

Tajima is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.[1]

References

  1. ^ 立憲民主党. "立憲民主党 泉「次の内閣」". 立憲民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-08.