Born:
August 5, 1958, Kanagawa Prefecture
Education:
1981 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture
1986 Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate
School of Management (MBA)
Career:
1981 joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1993 Member, House of Representatives (7 terms)
2022 elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the Government)
2000 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
2004 Senior Vice-Minister of Finance
(as of May 11,2023)