Born:
 April 21, 1950, Hiroshima Prefecture

Education:
 1974 University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
 1978 Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of
    Government, MPA

Career:
 1974 joined Ministry of Finance
 1980 District Director, Kishiwada Tax Office, Osaka
    Regional Taxation Office
 1989 Research and Planning Director, Minister's
    Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
 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

(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 July 30,2020)