Born:
August 11, 1956, Fukuoka Prefecture
Education:
1979 Hosei University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Career:
1979 joined Mitsuhashi Town (now Yanagawa City)
Office
1991 Secretary General, Mitsuhashi Town Office Labor
Union
2004 Secretary General of the Fukuoka Headquarters,
All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union
2007 Director General, Department of Labor Affairs,
Central Headquarters of the All-Japan Prefectural
and Municipal Workers Union
2010 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and
Northern Problems
(as of July 30,2020)