Born:
June 9, 1960, Tokyo
Education:
1987 Tohoku University, School of Medicine
Career:
1979 joined the Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
1984 Chairman, All-Japan Federation of
Medical Students' Self-Governing Associations
1985 Vice-Chairman, All-Japan Federation of
Students' Self-Governing Associations
1987 started practice as a Physician
1998 Director,
Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions
1998 elected as the House of Councillors (1998-2004)
2013 reelected as the House of Councillors
(Major posts in a political party)
2013 Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee, JCP
2016 Head of the Secretariat, JCP
(as of May 11,2023)