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FGFJ Diet Task Force

FGFJ Diet Task Force

A multi-party task force of Diet members has been created to examine ways to broaden Japan’s international role in combating the global threats of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other communicable diseases.

The FGFJ Diet Task Force convenes several times a year with leaders from around the world. In addition to meeting with representatives of the Global Fund when they are visiting Japan, the Diet Task Force has met with such prominent global health and foreign policy actors as George Soros, founder of the Open Society Institute; Surin Pitsuwan, former secretary-general of ASEAN and former foreign minister of Thailand; Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Richard Feachem, former Global Fund executive director; and Tommy S. Thompson, chair emeritus of the Global Fund and former US secretary of health and human services.

The Diet Task Force also took part in a site visit to Vietnam in September 2023, where they met with various stakeholders engaged in health issues in Vietnam and gained a better understanding of the achievements made to date and the impact of the Global Fund’s support. Most recently, in April 2024, FGFJ held its 38th Diet Task Force meeting, which featured a discussion about climate and health with H.E. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, the Minister of Health of Malawi. 

Task Force of Diet Members

As of November 2024
Co-Chairs
Ichiro AISAWAMember, House of Representative (Liberal Democratic Party)
Motohisa FURUKAWAMember, House of Representative (Democratic Party for the People)
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Toshiko ABEMember, House of Representatives
Yoshimasa HAYASHIMember, House of Representatives
Masahiro ISHIDAMember, House of Councillors
Seiji KIHARAMember, House of Representatives
Hitoshi KIKAWADAMember, House of Representatives
Fumio KISHIDAMember, House of Representatives
Ayano KUNIMITSUMember, House of Representatives
Karen MAKISHIMAMember, House of Representatives
Hirokazu MATSUNOMember, House of Representatives
Yasutoshi NISHIMURAMember, House of Representatives
Yuko OBUCHIMember, House of Representatives
Masaki OGUSHIMember, House of Representatives
Itsunori ONODERAMember, House of Representatives
Ken SAITOMember, House of Representatives
Keisuke SUZUKIMember, House of Representatives
Norikazu SUZUKIMember, House of Representatives
Takako SUZUKIMember, House of Representatives
Keizo TAKEMIMember, House of Councillors
Norihisa TAMURAMember, House of Representatives
Rio TOMONOHMember, House of Councillors
Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHIMember, House of Representatives
Komeito
Kozo AKINOMember, House of Councillors
Mitsunari OKAMOTOMember, House of Representatives
Mitsuo TAKAHASHIMember, House of Councillors
Masaaki TANIAIMember, House of Councillors
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
Yukio EDANOMember, House of Representatives
Tetsuro FUKUYAMAMember, House of Councillors
Ryuhei KAWADAMember, House of Councillors
Makiko KIKUTAMember, House of Representatives
Hiroyuki NAGAHAMAMember, House of Councillors
Shinji OGUMAMember, House of Representatives
Chinami NISHIMURAMember, House of Representatives
Mari TAKAGIMember, House of Councillors
Japan Innovation Party (JIP)
Hitoshi AOYAGIMember, House of Representatives
Mitsuko ISHIIMember, House of Councillors
Satoshi UMEMURAMember, House of Councillors
Democratic Party for the People (DPP)
Yuichiro TAMAKIMember, House of Representatives
Mami TAMURAMember, House of Councillors

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