Born:
November 20, 1946, Nagano Prefecture
Education:
1970 Shinshu University, Faculty of Arts
1975 Meiji University, Graduate School of Political Science
and Economics, Master of Political Science
Career:
Journalist, Historian, Social Critic, and Biographer
1987 received the Oya Soichi Non-fiction Award for
"Mikado no Shozo"
2002 Member, Promotion Committee for the Privatization of
Four Highway-Related Public Corporations
2006 Specially Appointed Professor, Center for the Study of
World Civilizations, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2007 Vice-Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2012 Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2015 Special Advisor, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
2022 elected to the House of Councillors
(as of May 11,2023)