Born:
 March 18, 1948, Tokyo

Education:
 1970 Rikkyo University, College of Law and Politics

Career:
 1970 passed the National Bar Examination
 1973 Assistant Judge
 1976 Prosecutor
 1981 registered as a lawyer
 1998 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major posts in the House of Councillors and etc.)
 2002 Chairman, Committee on Cabinet
 2007 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
 2007 Chairman, Committee on Audit
 2009 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and
    Fisheries
 2010 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and
    Fisheries
 2012 President, Judge Impeachment Court
 2019 Vice-President

(Major posts in the Government)
 2010 Senior Vice-Minister of Justice
 2012 Minister of Justice

(Major posts in a political parties)
 2004 Chair, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Caucus in
    the House of Councillors
 2007 Secretary General, DPJ Caucus in the House of
    Councillors
 2011 Secretary General, DPJ Caucus in the House of
    Councillors
 2015 Secretary General, DPJ Caucus in the House of
    Councillors
 2016 Secretary General, The Democratic Party (DP)
    Caucus in the House of Councillors
 2016 Chair, DP Caucus in the House of Councillors
 2018 Executive Adviser, The Constitutional Democratic
    Party of Japan

(as of July 30,2020)