Born:
 April 21, 1950, Hiroshima Prefecture
 
Education:
 1974 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
 1978 Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of
    Government, MPA
 
Career:
 1974 joined Ministry of Finance (MOF)
 1980 District Director, Kishiwada Tax Office, Osaka Regional
    Taxation Office
 1989 Research and Planning Director, Minister's Secretariat,
    MOF
 1992 Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister
 1994 Secretary to a Member of the House of
    Representatives
 2000 Member, House of Representatives (3 consecutive
    terms)
 2010 first elected to the Senate
 2016 second elected to the Senate
 2022 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in the Senate)
 2018 Chairman, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
 2019 Chairman, Research Committee on Natural Resources
    and Energy
 2022 Chairman, Research Committee on Natural Resources
    and Energy, Sustainable Society
 2025 Chairman, Committee on Financial Affairs
    Chairman, Board of Information Oversight and Review
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2008 State Minister of Cabinet Office (in charge of
    Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Decentralization
    Reform)
 2014 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
    Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage
    Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation
    Corporation
 
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)