Born:
November 24, 1961, Kagawa Prefecture
Education:
1986 Waseda University,
School of Political Science and Economics
1989 studied at Columbia University in the City of New York
1995 The University of Tokyo,
Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (LL.M.)
Career:
1986 joined Nikkei Inc. (newspaper company)
2003 Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
2013 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
2017 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
(Major post in the Government)
2021 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
(as of May 11,2023)