# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-saito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:30:56.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-saito"
name: "Ken Saitō"
slug: "ken-saito"
description: "Ken Saitō  is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from December 2023 to October 2024. Also serving in the Japanese House of Representatives, Saito served as the Minister of Justice from November 2022 to September 2023 and was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from August 2017 to October 2018."
tagline: "Japanese politician (1959-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saito_ken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.777942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1170
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/saitou_ken"
    handle:    "saitou_ken"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.saito-ken.jp/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpmkUbJMHtfKGVPkxN7bag"
    handle:    "@さいとう犬"
    followers: 1170
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BD%8B%E8%97%A4%E5%81%A5"
    title: "齋藤健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Ken Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Ken Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BD%8B%E8%97%A4%E5%81%A5"
    title: "齋藤健"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%86%A0_%EA%B2%90_(%EC%A0%95%EC%B9%98%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "사이토 겐 (정치인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Ken Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11679075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump