Born:
January 8, 1944, Tokyo
Education:
1968 Tokyo University of Education, Faculty of Letters
(now University of Tsukuba)
Career:
1968 joined Nippon Television Network Corporation (now
Nippon Televsion)
since then, worked as a reporter, New York
correspondent, anchorman, and Chairman of the
Commentators Committee, Press Bureau
2007 Member, Chofu City Assembly
2012 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
2019 Chairman, Committee on Fundamental National
Policies
(as of July 30,2020)