INTERVIEW「消費者庁は、どのようにして生まれたのか」 | 消費者庁

This page features an interview in the Consumer Affairs Agency's 15th-anniversary publication, highlighting Yasuhiro Kawaguchi's career and the establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency. Kawaguchi entered the Economic Planning Agency and worked on legislation for product liability and consumer contract laws before becoming a counselor in the Consumer Administration Unification Preparation Office under Prime Minister Fukuda. Although consumer groups had proposed a consumer affairs agency earlier, its realization depended on Prime Minister Fukuda prioritizing it as a key government initiative. In his January 2008 policy speech, Fukuda announced establishing a powerful new organization to unify fragmented consumer administration across ministries.