TAIRA Masaaki, 58, a seventh-term member of the House of Representatives, has been appointed Minister for Digital Transformation, Minister in Charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform, Minister in charge of Administrative Reform, Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System, Minister in charge of Cybersecurity, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, Government of Japan. Among positions he held in the past are State Minister of Cabinet Office (Disaster Management, Administrative Reform, IT Policy, Space Policy), State Minister of Cabinet Office (Regional Revitalization, National Strategic Special Zones, Cool Japan Strategy), Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office; Chair of HR Standing Committee on Environment. He is a graduate of the School of Law, Waseda University.