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 House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
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
(Major posts in the Government)
2008 Senior Vice-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
(as of May 11,2023)