Born:
September 30, 1957, Fukuoka Prefecture
Education:
1981 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters,
Department of Sociology
Career:
1981 joined Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS)
1993 Anchorman, Japan News Network (JNN)
1998 Washington D.C. Branch Manager, JNN
2004 Director, City News Division, news bureau, TBS
2016 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the House of Councillors)
2020 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction
after the Great East Japan Earthquake
(as of May 11,2023)