Kenji Taniguchi
Profile
Experience
July 2025
Counsellor, Secretariat of the Public-Private Competitive Tendering Oversight Commission
Concurrently Counsellor, Office for Public Service Reform Promotion, Administrative Management Bureau
April 2023
Director, Administrative Management Bureau
July 2022
Senior Research Officer for Incorporated Administrative Agency Systems, Administrative Management Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
February 2022
Concurrently assigned to the Administrative Management Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (until June 2022)
July 2021
Attached to the Minister’s Secretariat
Concurrently Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat, Office of the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary (until January 2022)
Counsellor, Secretariat of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Administrative Reform (until January 2022)
Counsellor, Office for the Promotion of Statistical Reform (until November 2021)
April 2019
Director, Office for Promotion of Women’s Participation and Human Resources Utilization, Public Service Personnel Division, Local Public Service Personnel Department, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
July 2017
Director for Planning, General Affairs Division, Secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission
August 2015
Assistant Counsellor, Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat (responsible for suitability screening and the executive candidate list)
Concurrently assigned to the Office of Cabinet Affairs (until July 2017)
May 2014
Officer for Evaluation, Monitoring and Inspection
Concurrently Deputy Director, Administrative Management Bureau (until August 2015)
August 2013
Senior Officer for Evaluation, Monitoring and Inspection, Administrative Evaluation Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
July 2010
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Belgium, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2008
Senior Specialist for Information Systems, Administrative Information Systems Planning Division, Administrative Management Bureau
Concurrently assigned to the Office of the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (until July 2010)
Member, Office for Information and Communications Technology (IT)(until July 2010)
July 2007
Assistant Director, Division for Measures for Older Public Employees
October 2006
Acting Assistant Director, Division for Measures for Older Public Employees
April 2005
Senior Section Chief, General Affairs Division, Personnel and Pension Bureau
September 2003
Section Chief, First Review Section, General Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat
July 2002
Planning Division, Local Tax Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
April 2000
Management and Coordination Agency
Kenji Taniguchi
Auditor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
Credentials
March 1998
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo