Mr. ASADA Hitoshi
- Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party)
- Elected 2016 and 2022, Osaka Prefecture
- Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
（as of November 6,2026)
Committee on Financial Affairs
Committee on Fundamental National Policies (Chairman)
Special Committee on a Bill Concerning the Consumption Tax and Working Individuals' Burden Relief Support Benefit
Commission on the Constitution
Born:
December 29, 1950, Osaka Prefecture
Education:
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Division of Philosophy
Stanford University, Graduate School, Master's course
Career:
joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
1991 Special Researcher,
Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD in Paris
1999 Member, Osaka Prefectural Assembly (5 terms)
2011 Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Assembly
2016 first elected to the Senate
2022 second elected to the Senate
(Major post in the Senate)
2023 Chairman, Committee on Fundamental National Policies
(Major posts in political parties)
2012 Chairman, Policy Research Committee,
Japan Restoration Party
2015 Chairman, Policy Research Committee, Initiatives
from Osaka (now Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation
Party))
2022 Chairman, Japan Innovation Party in the Senate
Note: The Sangiin, which had been known as the House of Councillors, is called the Senate in English as of August 2026.
(as of October 26,2026)