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Taro Kono

Politician

Taro Kono is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	KONO Taro · Kóno Taró · Taras Konas · Taro Kono · Taró Kóno · 16 more...				[sources]
Alias	KONO Taro · Kōno Tarō · Taras Konas · Taro Kono · Tarou Kouno · 12 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1963-01-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Hiratsuka · Hiratsuka, Kanagawa				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Tarō				[sources]
Last name	Kōno				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	blog.sina.com.cn · www.taro.org · facebook.com · twitter.com · www.taro.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1161024				[sources]
Position	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission (2015-2016) · Minister for Digital Transformation (2022-) · Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2019) · Minister in Charge of Civil Service Reform (2022-) · Minister of Defense of Japan (2019-2020) · 14 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgetown University · Hiratsuka City Hanamizu Elementary School · Keio Chutobu Junior High School · Keio Senior High School · Keio University · 4 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-12	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kanagawa 15th District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2026-02-02

Japanese politician (born 1963)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-01

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Foreign Affairs	2017-08-03	2019-09-11

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Yōhei Kōno Politician	child · father	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members440

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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