The Democratic Party of Japan has established the “Promotion Council on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems” in order to enact 7 relevant pieces of legislation in the current Diet session. The council held the first meeting on May 21, and selected members in the second meeting on May 22. Details are as follows:

[Chair]
Azuma Koshiishi, Secretary General

[Members]
Shinji Tarutoko, Acting Secretary General
Yasuo Ichikawa, Deputy Secretary General
Koji Matsui, Chief Vice Secretary General
Chiaki Takahashi, Chair, Public Relations Committee
Seiji Maehara, Chair, Policy Research Committee
Yoshito Sengoku, Acting Chair, Policy Research Committee
Ikuo Yamahana, Senior Vice Chair, Policy Research Committee
Hirohisa Fujii, Chair, Tax System Research Committee
Ritsuo Hosokawa, Chair, Comprehensive Tax and Social Security Reform Research Committee
Koriki Jojima, Chair, Diet Affairs Committee
Yuichiro Hata, Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ Caucus, House of Councillors
Takeaki Matsumoto, Deputy Chair, Diet Affairs Committee
Yoshio Hachiro, Chief Director, Special Committee on Social Security and Taxation System
Koichi Takemasa, Director, Special Committee on Social Security and Taxation System
Shinichiro Furumoto, Director, Special Committee on Social Security and Taxation System