Masayuki Naoshima

Masayuki Naoshima
直嶋 正行
Naoshima in 2010
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
16 September 2009 – 17 September 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded byToshihiro Nikai
Succeeded byAkihiro Ohata
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1992 – 25 July 2016
ConstituencyHouse of Councillors proportional district
Personal details
Born(1945-10-23)23 October 1945
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Political partyDPP
Other political
affiliations
DSP
New Frontier Party
New Fraternity Party
DPJ
DP
Alma materKobe University
Masayuki Naoshima with the United States Ambassador to Japan John Roos October 21, 2009

Masayuki Naoshima (直嶋 正行, Naoshima Masayuki, born October 23, 1945) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of Kobe University, he was elected for the first time in 1992 and served until the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. Before becoming a politician, he worked for Toyota and its union for a long time.