Date of birth: May 7, 1958 Place of birth: Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

Educational background

Mar. 1983	Graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio University

Career

Apr. 1983	Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Also stationed in Beijing)
Jul. 1993	Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives (elected five times in total)
Jan. 2001	Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters, the House of Representatives
Nov. 2003	Chairman, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the House of Representatives
Nov. 2005	Senior Vice Minister of Finance
Feb. 2008	Chairman, International Affairs Committee, New Komeito
Dec. 2012	Elected to the 46th House of Representatives
	State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Senior Vice-Minister, the Cabinet Office