Takeshi Iwaya

Iwaya's career reads better backwards. Foreign Minister under Ishiba, Defence Minister under Abe, ten terms in the lower house, a Waseda graduate from Beppu. What tells me more is the gap in the middle: after first winning a seat in 1990 he lost twice and spent seven years out of office. Long enough for most people to quit for good. He didn't.

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Name (English)

Takeshi Iwaya

Name (Japanese)

岩屋毅

Reading

いわや たけし

Born

August 24, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

University

Waseda University

• Official sitehttps://t-iwaya.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/takeshi_iwaya/
• Xhttps://x.com/takeshi108
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%20Iwaya
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E5%B1%8B%E6%AF%85
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654639

Tags

• Ōita Prefecture
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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