Naoki Okada

Naoki Okada (岡田 直樹, Okada Naoki; born June 9, 1962) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Naoki Okada
岡田 直樹
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office 11 September 2019 – 4 October 2021
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by	Kōtarō Nogami
Succeeded by	Yoshihiko Isozaki
Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2004
Preceded by	Sōta Iwamoto
Constituency	Ishikawa at-large
Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly
In office 19 March 2002 – 29 April 2003
Constituency	Kanazawa City
Personal details
Born	(1962-06-09) 9 June 1962 (age 63) Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Career

Okada with Svante Pääbo (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on February 1, 2023)

A native of Kanazawa, Ishikawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at Hokkoku Shimbun, a regional newspaper in Kanazawa since 1989 and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture since 2002. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He is the Minister in charge for regional revitalization under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet as of 10 August 2022.^[1]