Committee on Education, Culture and Science

Committee of the Japanese House of Councillors

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The Committee on Education, Culture and Science in June 2014

The Committee on Education, Culture and Science (文教科学委員会, Bunkyō-kagaku-īnkai) is a committee of the House of Councillors in Japan.

The Committee on Education, Culture and Science is a standing committee that only exists in the House of Councillors. This committee was first established on January 31, 2001, during the 151th session of the National Diet. The committee's jurisdiction was established by parliamentary procedure and set to deliberate matters under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Members of the committee are appointed by the House of Councillors (Diet Law Article 42, clause 1). Members of the committee are nominated by the President (The Rules of the House of Councillors Article 30, clause 1). In practice, each political group is allocated seats on the committee in proportion to the number of seats it has in the House of Councillors and then each political group decides which of its members will be assigned to the committee. The chairperson of the committee is elected from among the members of the committee (Diet Law 25, clause 1) or selected by the President (The Rules of the House of Councillors Article 16, clause 2), but the latter happens most of the time.

## Members, 211th Diet

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Position[1] | Name | Political group

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Chairman  | Katsunori Takahashi  | Liberal Democratic Party
Director  | Masaaki Akaike | Liberal Democratic Party
Eriko Imai
Hiroto Kumagai | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Takae Itō | Democratic Party for the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai
Member  | Ken Akamatsu | Liberal Democratic Party
Michiko Ueno
Shoichi Usui
Mitsuru Sakurai
Shinsuke Suematsu
Harumi Takahashi
Seiko Hashimoto
Chikage Koga  | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Yoshitaka Saitō
Haruko Miyaguchi
Takae Itō | Komeito
Shinji Takeuchi
Kiyoshi Nakajo  | Nippon Ishin no Kai
Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Yoshiko Kira | Japanese Communist Party
Yasuhiko Funago  | Reiwa Shinsengumi

## References

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1. ^ "Committee on Education, Culture and Science：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp.