Kaname Tajima

Kaname Tajima
田嶋 要
Official portrait, 2008
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 November 2003
Preceded by	Hideo Usui
Constituency	Chiba 1st (2003–2005; 2009–2017; 2021–present) Southern Kanto PR (2005–2009; 2017–2021)
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 63) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political affiliations	DPJ DP Kibō no Tō

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.

• 政治家情報 〜田嶋 要〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Yōsuke Kondō, Chiaki Takahashi	Parliamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry 2010–2011 Served alongside: Yoshikatsu Nakayama	Succeeded by Keiro Kitagami, Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa