Hidehiko Yuzaki

Hidehiko Yuzaki (湯崎 英彦, Yuzaki Hidehiko, born October 4, 1965) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

Hidehiko Yuzaki
湯崎 英彦
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
Assumed office
29 November 2009
Preceded byYūzan Fujita
Personal details
Born (1965-10-04) October 4, 1965
Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (B.L. in 1990)
Stanford University (M.B.A. in 1995)

Early life and education

Yuzaki was born October 4, 1965, in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima. He received his B.L. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1990 and his M.B.A. from the Stanford University School of Business in 1995.[1] Yuzaki's paid job was as a part-time teacher at an after-school program to help students pass their admissions exams.[2]

Political career

Yuzaki served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before running for governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture.[3] He was elected governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture on November 8, 2009, as the candidate of the member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP). Yuzaki has identified cultivating a culture of entrepreneurship in Hiroshima as a top priority in his political career.[2]

As governor of Hiroshima, he tried to forge new initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament. On November 4, 2011, he announced a new plan to formulate a road map for nuclear abolition through the cooperation of former government officials. The project is titled Hiroshima for Global Peace.[4] In the same month, he visited Washington, D.C., and met US National Security Council member Laura Holgate in order to enlist the cooperation of the US government.[5]

In the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, Yuzaki endorsed the campaign of Fumio Kishida.[6]

Other activities

He is a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.[7] Yuzaki is a fan of American barbecue cuisine, which he states is a product of his education at Stanford.[2]

References
  1. "Alumnus Elected Hiroshima Governor". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30.
  2. "Hidehiko Yuzaki: "Work Hard. It is the Only Way"". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. "Yuzaki wins Hiroshima gubernatorial election". The Japan Times. November 9, 2009.
  4. Hiroshima Prefecture’s “Global Peace” Plan
  5. "Hiroshima governor requests cooperation from U.S. officials for global peace plan" November 16, 2011
  6. "広島・湯崎知事「岸田氏に期待」　菅首相の退陣表明で索". Nikkei. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. "Hidehiko Yuzaki | Blavatnik School of Government". www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.


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