Born:
August 5, 1955, Fukushima Prefecture
Education:
1978 Chuo University, Faculty of Commerce
Career:
Certified Public Accountant, Licensed Tax Accountant, and
Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialist
1978 passed the Certified Public Accountant Examination
joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (auditing firm)
1993 Member, House of Representatives (3 terms)
2013 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters
2019 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs
(Major posts in the Government)
2002 Senior Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and
Communications
2015 State Minister for Reconstruction
(as of May 11,2023)