Born:
August 2, 1935, Okayama Prefecture
Education:
1958 University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Career:
1958 joined Ministry of Home Affairs
1985 Vice-Governor, Okayama Prefecture
1987 Deputy Director General of Minister's Secretariat,
Ministry of Home Affairs
Vice-Commissioner, Fire and Disaster Management
Agency
1989 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
1995 Chairman, Committee on Finance
2003 Chairman, Committee on Budget
(Major posts in the Government)
1992 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
2000 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Minister of Home Affairs
Director General of Management and Coordination
Agency
2001 Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts
and Telecommunications
(Major posts in political parties)
1998 Chairman, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet
Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors
2004 Secretary General, LDP in the House of Councillors
2010 Secretary General, Sunrise Party of Japan in the
House of Councillors
2012 Chairman, Policy Research Committee, Japan
Restoration Party
2012 Chairman, General Assembly of Party Members of the
House of Councillors, Japan Restoration Party
2014 Chairman, General Council, Japan Innovation Party
2015 Co-President, Initiatives from Osaka (now Nippon
Ishin(Japan Innovation Party))
(as of July 30,2020)