Koji Omi

Koji Omi
Chairman of Non-Profit Organization Science and Technology Society Forum
Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce
Experience
Apr 1956 | Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
Aug 1970 | Consul General of Japan in New York City (Until June, 1974) |
Jun 1976 | Director of General Affairs Department, Osaka Regional Bureau of International Trade and Industry, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Until July, 1978) |
Jul 1979 | Director of Administrative Division, Science and Technology Agency (Until May, 1981) |
Jun 1981 | Director-General of Guidance Department, Small & Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Until June, 1982) |
Dec 1983 | Elected to a Member of House of Representatives (Elected 8 times since then) |
Jan 1995 | Chairman of Committee on Finance, House of Representatives (Until July, 1998 ) |
Sep 1997 | Minister of State for Economic Planning (Until July 1998) |
Apr 2001 | Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territory Affairs, and Science and Technology Policies (Until September 2002) |
Mar 2006 | Chairman of Non-Profit Organization Science and Technology Society Forum (-Present) |
Sep 2006 | Minister of Finance (Until August 2007) |
Oct 2013 | Member of Board of Governors of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
Awards
Apr 2010 | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun |
Feb 2018 | Honorary Doctorate, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |