Date of birth: January 7, 1962 Place of birth: Nerima Ward, Tokyo

Educational background

Mar. 1987	Graduated from the Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Career

Apr. 1987	Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation
May 1991	Elected for the first time to the Nerima Ward Assembly
May 1995	Elected for the second time to the Nerima Ward Assembly
Jul. 1997	Elected to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Nov. 9, 2003	Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives
Dec. 2003	Director, Headquarters for Party Reform Implementation, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Sep. 11, 2005	Elected for the second time to the House of Representatives
Nov. 2005	Deputy Secretary-General, LDP (position held five times until 2011)
Dec. 2005	Director, Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in the House of Representatives
Sep. 2006 –Sep. 2007	Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Labour and Welfare (Abe Cabinet)
Oct. 2007	Chief Secretary, Special Committee on Public Safety, LDP
Oct. 2008	Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the House of Representatives
Aug. 30, 2009	Elected for the third time to the House of Representatives
Oct. 2009	Acting Chairman, Federation of Tokyo Metropolitan LDP Branches
	Director, Public Speeches Division, LDP
Sep. 2010	Member, Committee on Budget in the House of Representatives
Oct. 2011	Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry in the House of Representatives
	Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
	General Manager, Nerima Ward District Branch, LDP
Dec. 16, 2012	Elected for the fourth time to the House of Representatives
Dec. 2012	State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry