Executive Director responsible for news reporting, international affairs, commentators
(former Political News Desk editor and former commentator in charge of politics, foreign policy and defense)
Mr. Izumi was born in Tokyo in April 1947. Upon graduating from WASEDA University in 1972, he joined JIJI Press, Limited. He started his career as political writer in 1973 with assignment to the position of beat writer for then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka at the press club in the Prime Minister's office.
In 1990, Mr. Izumi was named deputy editor of the Political News Desk and chief of the press club in the Prime Minister's Office. He was appointed editor of the Political News Desk in 1998 and became assistant deputy managing editor with the concurrent post of commentator in the year 2000. He was assigned to the current post of executive director in June 2006.