Born:
June 5, 1957, Oita Prefecture
Education:
1982 University of Tsukuba, School of Medicine
1990 Doctorate in Medicine (University of Tsukuba)
Career:
1982 registered as a medical practitioner
1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery,
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of
Tsukuba
2003 Associate Professor, Department of Surgery,
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of
Tsukuba
2004 Head of the Gastro-Intestinal Surgery Department,
Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital
2004 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
2011 Chairman, Special Committee on Political Ethics and
Election System
(Major post in the Government)
2009 Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Labor and
Welfare
(Major posts in political parties)
2017 Chair, Policy Research Committee, The Democratic
Party
2018 Chair, Policy Research Committee, Democratic
Party For the People
(as of July 30,2020)