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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.

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This page features an interview commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Consumer Affairs Agency. The interviewee, Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, worked on drafting the Product Liability Law and Consumer Contract Law, and served as a cabinet councillor in the Consumer Administration Unification Preparation Office under Prime Minister Fukuda. The Consumer Affairs Agency was established as Prime Minister Fukuda's top priority, announced in his policy speech on January 18, 2008. The goal was to unify fragmented consumer administration across ministries and establish a strong organization to handle issues like food labeling fraud.