Born:
December 29, 1950, Osaka Prefecture
Education:
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Division of Philosophy
Stanford University, Graduate School, Master's course
Career:
joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
1991 Special Researcher,
Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD in Paris
1999 Member, Osaka Prefectural Assembly (5 terms)
2012 Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Assembly
2016 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in political parties)
2012 Chairman, Policy Research Committee,
Japan Restoration Party
2015 Chairman, Policy Research Committee, Initiatives from
Osaka (now Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party))
(as of May 11,2023)