Katsuya Okada

Okada may be the least performative politician Japan has produced. Deputy Prime Minister in 2012, party leader, secretary-general three separate times, always the man his party called back when things went badly wrong. Stiff, humourless, allergic to charm. That is precisely why people trusted him with the wreckage.

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Name (English)

Katsuya Okada

Name (Japanese)

岡田克也

Reading

おかだ かつや

Born

July 14, 1953 (age 73)

Origin

Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

diplomat / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

High school

Ikeda High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University

University

Ikeda High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University

• Official sitehttps://www.katsuya.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/okada_katsuya
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuya%20Okada
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E7%94%B0%E5%85%8B%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513317

Tags

• Mie Prefecture
• diplomat
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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