As of February, 14. 2008

First Name: Kiyohiko
Family Name: Toyama
Age: 38
Date of Birth: 5 June 1969
Office Address: Room 203, 2-1-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8962 JAPAN
(Tel) +81-(0)3-3508-8203 (Fax) +81-(0)3-5512-2203
Internet Homepage: http://www.toyamakiyohiko.com
E-mail: kiyohiko_tooyama@sangiin.go.jp

CURRENT and PAST POSITION
Chairperson, Committee on Judicial Affairs of the Upper House (September 2007?　)
Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (November 2005?September 2006)
Constituency: Proportional-representation (nation-wide)
No of Terms: 2 (First elected: on 29 July, 2001, Second elected: on 29 July, 2007)
Party: New Komeito
Standing Committee: Judicial, Audit
Special Committee: Okinawa and Northern problems
Party Post: Director, International Affairs Bureau
Vice-Representative, New Komeito Tokyo Metropolitan Hq.
Advisor, New Komeito Okinawa Hq.
Advisor, New Komeito Yamanashi Hq.
Advisor, New Komeito Shizuoka Hq.
Advisor, New Komeito Kanagawa Hq.

CURRENT POLICY AREA OF INTEREST
Foreign Policy: U.S.-Japan relations, Japan- EU relations, Iraq, North Korea, Japan’s ODA, Conflict Prevention/Peace-Building, Support for United Nations, Refugee issue, Poverty Eradication, Drug Control, Asian Security, Cooperation with NGO/CSO
Domestic Policy: Defense issues, Pension Reform, Health Care review, Youth Unemployment, Welfare Policy, Administrative reform, Okinawa problems.

EDUCATION
Dec. 1998 University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Ph.D. in Peace Studies
Dec. 1994 University of Bradford
MA in Peace Studies
Mar. 1993 Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
BA in Law
Mar. 1988 Soka High School, Tokyo, Japan
Graduation Certificate

WORK EXPERIENCE
Jul. 2001 ? present Member of the House of Councilors
Feb.2000 ? Mar. 2001 Peace Coordinator for Peace Winds Japan (NGO)
Feb. 1999 ? Mar. 2001 Miyazaki International College, Miyazaki, Japan
Full-time Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations
Sep. 1995 ? Jun. 1998 Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
Part-time Lecturer in Japanese Language

DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES
Apr.2005 Visit to Indonesia (Field research at Banda Aceh, Tsunami Disaster)
Apr.2005 Visit to East-Timor, invitation to International Symposium by UNMISET
Dec.2004 Visit to New Zealand, PNND- Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, PGA- Parliamentarians for Global Action for attendance of annual conference
Sep. 2004 Visit to Washington DC, U.S.A (Cross-party Delegation on U.S. government invitation)
Aug. 2004 Field research trip to Thailand and Indonesia (Upper House ODA Research Delegation)
Feb. 2004 Field research trip to Iran-Iraqi border area (New Komeito Research Delegation on Mesopotamian Marshland)
Jan. 2004 Visit to Washington DC, U.S.A (The 24th US-Japan Parliamentary Delegation)
Dec. 2003 Field research trip to Kuwait and Samah-wa, Iraq (with Party President Kanzaki)
Nov. 2003 Participated in Coolum Forum, Australia (on Australian government invitation)
Jul. 2003 Visit to London, U.K. (Research on Manifesto in British politics)
Jun. 2003 Field research trip to Iran and Northern Iraq (New Komeito Research Delegation on Iran and Iraq)
May. 2003 Participated in the Summit on Drug Control, Sweden (Cross-party Delegation of Parliamentary Association for Drug Control)
Mar. 2003 Visit to UNHCR, International Red Cross, etc, Geneva, Switzerland and Iran (New Komeito Delegation to Switzerland and Iran)
Feb. 2003 Participated in International Youth Conference on Terrorism, New Delhi, India
Aug. 2002 Visit to New Zealand (Research on Refugee policy), East Timor (Japanese Self-Defense Forces in UN PKO); Participated in Asian Statesman Forum, Bali, Indonesia
Jul. 2002 Visit to UN Headquarter and UNDP, New York, U.S.A (New Komeito Delegation to UN)
Dec.2001 Field research trip to Pakistan- Afghanistan border (New Komeito Research Delegation on Refugee Situation in Pakistan)
Oct. 2001 Field research trip to Pakistan ? Afghanistan border (on Refugee problems)
Sep. 2001 Visit to Myanmar
Mar. 2000 Field research trip to East Timor (reconciliation issue)
Feb. 2000 Field research trip to Northern Iraq (current situation of the Kurdish problem)

PUBLICATION
? “Ensuring safe drinking water and appropriate use of water resources in Iraqi Marshland”, Monthly Chikyu Kankyo, December 2004.
? “Missile Attachs-not many in Southern Iraq”, Nishi-Nihon Shimbun, January 17, 2004.
? “Framework after the deadline is key”, Okinawa Times, 15 December, 2003.
? “Youth Unemployment Issue affects future of Japan”, Daisanbunmeni, November, 2003.
? “Still Problematic: Refugee Screening System”, Asahi Shimbun, 13 May, 2003.
? “To Ensure Fairness in Refugee Screening”, Mainichi Shimbun, 6 April, 2003.
? “Refugees need better services, not quotas”, The International Herald & the Asahi Shimbun, 3 July, 2002.
? “Refugee Screening: Quality review first”, Asahi Shimbun, June 24, 2002.
? “Reinforcing International Legal Function”, Ushio, January, 2001.
? “Higashi Chimôru ni Okeru Wakaimondai to NGO no Yakuwari (The Reconciliation Issue in East Timor and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations),” Gunshukumondai, No. 238 (Aug. 2000, Tokyo), pp. 12-17.
? “Who Wrote the Pacifist Clause (Article 9) of the Japanese Constitution: A Historical Inquiry,” Comparative Culture (The Journal of Miyazaki International College), Vol. 5 (1999), pp. 12-29.
? War and Responsibility: The Emperor and the War Responsibility Debate in Occupied Japan, 1945-51 (Ph.D. thesis, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, 1998).
? “Japanese Attitudes towards the War Responsibility Question,” Leeds East Asia Papers, No. 55 (May 1998, Leeds, UK).
? “Japan’s Post-Cold War Security Policy,” Research Paper (published by Research Institute for European Studies), No. 18 (Oct. 1995, Athens).