FGFJ Diet Task Force

A multi-party task force of Diet members has been created to examine ways to broaden Japan’s international role in combating the global threats of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other communicable diseases. The FGFJ Diet Task Force convenes several times a year with leaders from around the world. In addition to meeting with representatives of the Global Fund when they are visiting Japan, the Diet Task Force has met with such prominent global health and foreign policy actors as George Soros, founder of the Open Society Institute; Surin Pitsuwan, former secretary-general of ASEAN and former foreign minister of Thailand; Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Richard Feachem, former Global Fund executive director; and Tommy S. Thompson, chair emeritus of the Global Fund and former US secretary of health and human services. The FGFJ Diet Task Force also met in May 2013 with Senegalese Health Minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul, and Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Laureate and Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Peter Piot. Most recently, the Diet Task Force took part in a study tour to Myanmar where they witnessed first hand the Global Fund’s role in the fight against infectious diseases.

Task Force Members

As of March 29, 2016

Directors

Ichiro AISAWA: Member of the House of Representatives (LDP)

Motohisa FURUKAWA: Member, House of Representatives (DP)

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Toshiko ABE: Member, House of Representatives

Gaku HASHIMOTO: Member, House of Representatives

Yoshimasa HAYASHI: Member, House of Councillors

Masahiro ISHIDA: Member, House of Councillors

Ichiro KAMOSHITA: Member, House of Representatives

Seiji KIHARA: Member, House of Representatives

Hitoshi KIKAWADA: Member, House of Representatives

Fumio KISHIDA: Member, House of Representatives

Jun MATSUMOTO: Member, House of Representatives

Tamayo MARUKAWA: Member, House of Councillors

Hirokazu MATSUNO: Member, House of Representatives

Asahiko MIHARA: Member, House of Representatives

Yasutoshi NISHIMURA: Member, House of Representatives

Yuko OBUCHI: Member, House of Representatives

Masaki OGUSHI: Member, House of Representatives

Itsunori ONODERA: Member, House of Representatives

Ken SAITO: Member, House of Representatives

Keizo TAKEMI: Member, House of Councillors

Norihisa TAMURA: Member, House of Representatives

Mayuko TOYOTA: Member, House of Representatives

Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI: Member, House of Representatives

New Komeito

Yasuyuki EDA: Member, House of Representatives

Susumu HAMAMURA: Member, House of Representatives

Masaaki TANIAI: Member, House of Councillors

Democratic Party (DP)

Shinya ADACHI: Member, House of Councillors

Yukio EDANO: Member, House of Representatives

Tetsuro FUKUYAMA: Member, House of Councillors

Ryuhei KAWADA: Member, House of Councillors

Makiko KIKUTA: Member, House of Representatives

Shuhei KISHIMOTO: Member, House of Representatives

Hiroyuki NAGAHAMA: Member, House of Councillors

Chinami NISHIMURA: Member, House of Councillors

Shinji OGUMA: Member, House of Representatives

Kohei OHTSUKA: Member, House of Councillors

Yuichiro TAMAKI: Member, House of Representatives

Major Initiatives

Task Force Members

Directors

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

New Komeito

Democratic Party (DP)

News on Diet Task Force

FGFJ Diet Task Force Visit to Indonesia and Timor-Leste

Global Fund Vice Chair Aida Kurtovic Visits Japan

Bill Gates meets with FGFJ Diet Task Force

Dr. Osamu Kunii Speaks at Joint FGFJ Diet Task Force Advisory Board Meeting in Japan

Japan Visit by Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul