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Public records list Akira Amari as a politician and representative director. Born on August 27, 1949, Akira Amari is from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. That works out to 76 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Keio University. Recorded honors include Friendship Order.
My Take
Akira Amari, born in Atsugi, Kanagawa, in August 1949 and educated at Keio University, spent decades near the center of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party as a lower house member. He is best known abroad for handling economic portfolios, including Japan's side of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations — one of the more technically demanding assignments in recent Japanese trade policy. What interests me is that Japanese politicians usually sort into two types: policy operators who master a brief, and party operators who master the internal machinery. Amari did both, which is rarer than it sounds and probably explains why opinion on him splits so sharply. People who value technical competence in trade negotiation rate him highly. People who focus on the funding controversies that shadowed his career rate him very differently. I do not think a reference entry should quietly pick one of those and drop the other. A politician who stays at the center of national government for that long accumulates both a record of achievement and a record of trouble, and the honest version keeps both on the page.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Akira Amari
- Name (Japanese)
- 甘利明
- Reading
- あまり あきら
- Born
- August 27, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- politician / representative director
2. Background
- University
- Keio University
Awards & achievements
- Friendship Order
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://amari-akira.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amariakira/
- Xhttps://x.com/Akira_Amari
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira%20Amari
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%98%E5%88%A9%E6%98%8E
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418675
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Akira Amari born?
Born August 27, 1949 (age 76).
Where is Akira Amari from?
Akira Amari is from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Akira Amari do?
Akira Amari works as politician, representative director.