Committee on Education, Culture and Science

The Committee on Education, Culture and Science in June 2014

The Committee on Education, Culture and Science (文教科学委員会, Bunkyō-kagaku-īnkai) is a committee of the House of Councillors in Japan.

The Committee on Education, Culture and Science is a standing committee that only exists in the House of Councillors. This committee was first established on January 31, 2001, during the 151th session of the National Diet. The committee's jurisdiction was established by parliamentary procedure and set to deliberate matters under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Members of the committee are appointed by the House of Councillors (Diet Law Article 42, clause 1). Members of the committee are nominated by the President (The Rules of the House of Councillors Article 30, clause 1). In practice, each political group is allocated seats on the committee in proportion to the number of seats it has in the House of Councillors and then each political group decides which of its members will be assigned to the committee. The chairperson of the committee is elected from among the members of the committee (Diet Law 25, clause 1) or selected by the President (The Rules of the House of Councillors Article 16, clause 2), but the latter happens most of the time.

Members, 211th Diet

Position	Name	Political group
Chairman	Katsunori Takahashi	Liberal Democratic Party
Director	Masaaki Akaike	Liberal Democratic Party
	Eriko Imai
	Hiroto Kumagai	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
	Takae Itō	Democratic Party for the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai
Member	Ken Akamatsu	Liberal Democratic Party
	Michiko Ueno
	Shoichi Usui
	Mitsuru Sakurai
	Shinsuke Suematsu
	Harumi Takahashi
	Seiko Hashimoto
	Chikage Koga	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
	Yoshitaka Saitō
	Haruko Miyaguchi
	Takae Itō	Komeito
	Shinji Takeuchi
	Kiyoshi Nakajo	Nippon Ishin no Kai
	Shigefumi Matsuzawa
	Yoshiko Kira	Japanese Communist Party
	Yasuhiko Funago	Reiwa Shinsengumi