Education
Kyoto University.
麻生 渡
Kyoto University.
From 2005-2011 he was also President of the National Governors Association (Japan) (全国知事会, Zenkoku Chiji-kai). A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1963. He retired on 22 April 2011, and Hiroshi Ogawa replaced him as Governor.
Keiji Yamada took over as President of the Governor"s Association.