Keiichi Ishii

An engineer's resume: the University of Tokyo, then the construction ministry, then politics, and eventually four years running the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. He led Komeito as secretary general and then as party chief, and in the 2024 general election he lost his own seat, about the hardest defeat a party leader can absorb. This record now lists him as Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives from February 2026. A quiet operator who outlasts his own bad news.

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Name (English)

Keiichi Ishii

Name (Japanese)

石井啓一

Reading

いしい けいいち

Born

March 20, 1958 (age 68)

Origin

Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

University

University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://www.k1-ishii.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiichi%20Ishii
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E4%BA%95%E5%95%93%E4%B8%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1737905

Tags

• Tokyo
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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.