Born:
 September 27, 1959, Kyoto Prefecture
 
Education:
 1983 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
 1992 New York University School of Law (M.C.J.)
 1993 New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
 
Career:
 1983 joined Sumitomo Corporation (trading company)
 1993 registered as a Lawyer in State of New York
 2000 joined the office of a former Member of
    the House of Representatives
 2003 Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives
 2004 Counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
 2008 Part-time Lecturer, Nihon University Law School
 2014 Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo,
    Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
    first elected to the House of Councillors
 
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
 2022 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2018 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
    Transport and Tourism
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
 2020 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

(as of May 11,2023)