Kaneshige Wakamatsu

Kaneshige Wakamatsu
若松 謙維
Wakamatsu in 2022
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
29 July 2013
ConstituencyNational PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 July 1993  10 October 2003
ConstituencySaitama 5th (1993–1996)
Saitama 6th (1996–2000)
Northern Kanto PR (2000–2003)
Personal details
Born (1955-08-05) 5 August 1955
Ishikawa, Fukushima, Japan
Political partyKomeito (since 1998)
Other political
affiliations
CGP (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
Alma materChuo University

Kaneshige Wakamatsu (born August 5, 1955, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician and accountant who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2013. He previously served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 to 2003. He represents the National proportional representation block as a member of Komeito.

As of June 24, 2023, he is a member of the following committees:

  • Committee on Health, Labor, and Welfare
  • Committee on the Budget

Additionally, he serves as the director of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake.