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is a Japanese politician belonging the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives. Born in Hiratsuka, Odawara, Kanagawa and a graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1996. In 2009 he campaigned to be made President of the LDP.() His father is Yōhei Kōno, the only President of the Liberal Democratic Party who did not go on to become Prime Minister of Japan. ==Life and career outside of Parliament== Tarō Kōno was born on January 10, 1963, in Hiratsuka, Odawara, the oldest of the three children of Yōhei Kōno. He was born into a family of politicians. His father, Yōhei Kōno, his grandfather, Ichirō Kōno, and his great-uncle, Kenzō Kōno, were all active in national politics. In 2003, Yōhei Kōno was made chairman of the House of Representatives, while Kenzo Kono was chairman of the House of Councillors between 1971 and 1977. He attended Hanamizu Elementary School, Keio Middle School, and then Keio High School. In 1981, he entered Keiō University to study economics but quit after being told by his father he would have to do so if he wished to study in the United States. In 1982, he went to the United States, where he attended the Suffield Academy and Georgetown University, and studied comparative politics. In 1983, he worked for Alan Cranston in his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.〔Homepage on the House of Representativeshttp://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000122.html.〕 He also worked for Congressman Richard Shelby of Alabama for two years. He also spent time at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, during which he spent a night in prison after visiting the home of Solidarity leader, Lech Wałęsa. Kōno graduated from Georgetown University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and the following year he joined Fuji Xerox. He moved to Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific in Singapore in 1991. In 1993, he joined Nippon Tanshi, a supplier of electric components for Toyota, GM, Matsushita, and other companies. He has also become involved in a number of bodies managing professional sports. He is Chairman of Shonan Bellmare, a professional football club, and of the Japan Race Horse Association, which organizes Japan's largest yearling sales. He is also President of the Kanagawa Triathlon Union, the Kanagawa Track and Field Association, and the Hiratsuka Baseball Association. He teaches a graduate class at Hosei University. Kōno is married to Kaori, a returnee from Australia, and has a son, Ippei, born in 2002. The couple enjoy scuba diving and going to the movies. In 2002, when Yōhei Kōno fell ill from a 30-year-old hepatitis C infection, Tarō Kōno offered a part of his liver for donation. This led to a public argument, as his father refused the offer. Eventually his father accepted, and in April 2002, Tarō Kōno donated part of his liver in a 15-hour operation. Kōno has since supported changes to the law regarding organ donation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taro Kono」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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