Career
Born in Osaka Prefecture on February 5, 1962, entered the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1992.
〇After serving as a member of the House of Councilors, in 1980, runner-up as candidate for the Wakayama 2nd Ward in the general election of the House of Councillors, in July 2010, the youngest candidate for the election of the Wakayama Ward in the House of Councilors election, and in 2014, Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. (Two consecutive terms), Deputy Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party Fisheries Committee, August 2018, Chairman of the Health, Labor and Welfare Committee of Japan National Diet, Chief Director of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Committee, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Vice-chairman of the Council, October 2011: Chairman of the Financial Statements Committee of the House of Councilors, October 2011: Chairman of the House of Councilors Steering Committee, December 2011: Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2011: Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Council of the House of Councilors. (two consecutive terms), Minister of State for Special Missions (Okinawa and Northern Affairs), Chairman of the Japan Institute for Research on Natural Resources and Energy, Chairman of the Research Institute on International Economy and Diplomacy, Japan Institute of Japan, Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Japan Institute of Japan in 2020
〇Chairman of the Tourism Nation Research Council, Chairman of the Special Committee on Whaling Countermeasures
(Appointed on December 18, 2020)
