Admitted
Japan (1983)
Bar Association
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Education
Waseda University (LL.B., 1977)
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Background
Member of the House of Representatives (1990-2024, for 11 consecutive terms)
Director, Construction Division, Liberal Democratic Party (1998)
Parliamentary Vice Minister of Justice (1999)
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry (2001)
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Judicial Affairs (2002)
Senior Vice Minister of Finance (2003)
Minister for Financial Services (2006)
Chairman, Research Commission on Highways, Liberal Democratic Party (2007)
Director-General, Treasury Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party (2009)
Director, Budget Committee of the House of Representatives (2012)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2016-2017)