Yutaka Arai

Yutaka used to be the Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan. She joined it in April 1987. Some of the positions she held was detailed below:
• April 1987 Joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF)
• October 2006 Director, Labelling and Standards Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau
• May 2009 Director, Food Industry Policy Division, General Food Policy Bureau
• September 2011 Director, Food Industrial Innovation Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau
• January 2012 Director, Policy Planning Division, Fisheries Policy Planning Department, Fisheries Agency
• April 2014 Director, Administration Division, Fisheries Policy Planning Department, Fisheries Agency
• July 2015 Vice Governor, Yamanashi Prefecture;
• July 2017 Deputy Director-General for Export Promotion, Food Industry Affairs Bureau;
• July 2018 Director-General, Food Industry Affairs Bureau; April
• 2019 Director-General, Food Safety, and Consumer Affairs Bureau; and
• July 2021 Vice-Minister for International Affairs

She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo.