Mitsutoshi Kajikawa

Mr. Mitsutoshi Kajikawa is the Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF). In this role, he oversees critical areas including anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), and counter-proliferation financing (CPF), while leading Japan's delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
He also has served as the rotating Co-Chair of the Asia / Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) since September 2024. APG leads global action to tackle money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing as well as FATF. He brings a wealth of expertise to his role in advancing the APG's mission, backed by an extensive career at the MOF, where he has worked in areas such as financial regulation, fiscal analysis, budget management, and government reform.