Mr. SHIBATA Takumi'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACE

Mr. SHIBATA Takumi

  • Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party)
  • Elected 2010, 2019 and 2025, Proportional Representation
  • Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
    （as of November 9,2026)
    Committee on Cabinet
    Committee on Discipline
    Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems as well as Regional Issues

Born:
 December 11, 1960, Toyama Prefecture
 
Education:
 1984 Waseda University, School of Social Sciences
 1987 Waseda University, Graduate School of Political
    Science, Master's course
 
Career:
 1988 Secretary to a Member of the House of
    Representatives
 1999 Member, Toyama Prefectural Assembly (3
    consecutive terms)
 2010 first elected to the Senate
 2019 second elected to the Senate
 2025 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in a political party)
 2025 Chairman, Japan Innovation Party (JIP) Diet
    affairs Committee in the Senate
 2026 Secretary-General, JIP
 
Note: The Sangiin, which had been known as the House of Councillors, is called the Senate in English as of August 2026.

(as of October 26,2026)

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