Born:
 January 19, 1962, Tokyo
 
Education:
 1986 Doshisha University, Faculty of Law
 1995 Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
 
Career:
 1986 joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
 1990 joined The Matsushita Institute of Government and
    Management
 1998 first elected to the House of Councillors
 
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
 2005 Chairman, Committee on Environment
 2011 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
 2017 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction after
    the Great East Japan Earthquake
 2022 Chairman, Research Committee on National Life,
    the Economy and Local Affairs
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2009 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
 2010 Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
 
(Major posts in a political parties)
 2014 Chair, Policy Research Committee,
    Democratic Party of Japan
 2017 Secretary General, The Constitutional Democratic
    Party of Japan (CDP)
 2018 Chair, CDP Caucus in the House of Councillors

(as of May 11,2023)