The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry , METI for short, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic activities, such as the Economic Planning Agency.
Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 10 August 2022 until 14 December 2023
Shinzo Abe
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Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for almost nine years in total. Abe also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2005 to 2006 under Junichiro Koizumi and was briefly the opposition leader in 2012.
The Abe family in 1956 (left to right): his mother Yōko, Shinzo at the age of two, his father Shintaro and his elder brother Hironobu
Shinzo (center) with his family and grandfather Nobusuke Kishi (4th left), who influenced Abe's beliefs
Abe (pictured in 2002) was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993.